Monrovia– Residents of Old Road Market in Sinkor are expected to benefit from the construction of a new market, following assurance from President George Weah to implement such project.
The promise comes a little over a week after the dedication of the Du-Port Road Market in Paynesville.
President Weah told residents and marketers of the area that it was his vision to improve the livelihood of marketers, especially women owing from his mother’s background as a marketer.
He expressed regret that marketers are still selling under unfavorable environment, noting that such situation much change under his regime.
The Liberian leader told residents of the densely populated Old Road Community, particularly marketers, that they would soon ‘sell and buy’ goods and services in a new state-of-the-art market structure.
The President said the new market would be completed in 31 days.
If completed, the Old Road Community will be one of several communities in the country to benefit from the President’s promise to build modern market facilities in the country.
Swarmed by dozens of jubilant marketers and other residents, President Weah said: “the design for the new Old-Road Community market structure is already available, and the construction works will soon get underway.”
Weah made the disclosure Monday, June 17, 2019 when he toured the Old-Road Community market.
The market, which was constructed several years ago, is now in a deplorable state.
President Weah has at the same time instructed the Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment (LACE) to oversee the construction of the new Old Road market building.
Following the Old-Road Community tour, President Weah drove into the populous slum community of West Point where he assessed the erosion situation currently threatening thousands of residents and business people.
Over the years, substantial portion of West Point Township’s landscape has been lost to vicious sea erosion, leaving hundreds of residents displaced and homes completely annihilated.
President Weah’s government has also been making efforts to save communities rocked by sea erosion under its Coastal Defense Projects.
One of the Costal Defense initiatives has virtually salvaged some of the country’s biggest academic and medical referral facilities, D. Tweh High School and Redemption Hospital, from extinction.