Monrovia – As the race to fill in the vacuum in the Senate begins steadily, the Deputy Minister for Manpower and Development at the Ministry of Labor, Phil Tarpeh Dixon, has said that his working in all three branches of government makes him the most qualified for the vacant post of Montserrado County in the Senate.
Report by J.H. Webster Clayeh (0770745986)[email protected]
The vacant seat was created as result of the death of former Senator Geraldine Doe-Sheriff.
Senator Sheriff died at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana, after battling cancer for a little over one year.
Despite names of other staunch members of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) popping up to represent the party’s interest in the upcoming Montserrado County Senatorial election, Dixon says the county needs someone with “tested experience”.
The Deputy Labor boss made this statement at the Center for the Exchange of Intellectual Opinions’ (CEIO) membership fund drive re-launch on Carey Street over the weekend.
Deputy Minister Dixon stressed that he is negotiating with his party for him to contest for the Montserrado County Senatorial seat on the party’s ticket.
Dixon said, “Montserrado County is the first county in Liberia; Montserrado County must be first in examination and analysis, and we need somebody with experience, tested experience of working in various branches of government.”
He added: “I am privileged to have worked in two branches of government. My profession consistently causes me to interact with the third branch of government — Judiciary Branch.”
According to Dxion, he worked at the Legislature as a Special Assistance for six years; and he also served as first Legal Consul at the National Aids Commission and held many other topnotch positions including the Deputy Minister of Manpower and Development at the Ministry of Labor, where he is presently.
“As a lawyer, I go to court; that is the third branch of government. Comrades, don’t experiment with the Senate; sent your best player,” the Deputy Labor Minister stressed.
Back in grade school, Dixon was well noted as one of the best quizzers during his high school days.
He was part of the First Assembly of God High School quizzing team that won the championship for straight three years in the late 90s.
“So, as an Africa quizzing legend, quizzing makes me happy. Go and check on the International Quizzing Association website, there is only one African profile and it is your own son and brother Phil Tarpeh Dixon,” he said. Africa had participated in the International Quizzing competition 13 times and the now Deputy Minister for Manpower and Development at the Labor Ministry had been Africa’s one number for eight times.