MONROVIA – Wife of fallen lawmaker Adolph Lawrence has written the House of Representatives waiving all the financial costs attached to the state funeral for her late husband.
Senator Nynoblee Karnga-Lawrence in her communication to the Speaker said her families’ decision to bury the late lawmaker on their own is based on their awareness of the financial constraints facing the government.
“In as much as every member of the National Legislature is entitled to a government-funded state funeral, as a Senator I am fully aware of the financial constraints with which the government is currently confronted with. We have, therefore, decided to forfeit such privilege, as is due my late husband. The requisite funding to underwrite the cost associated with the funeral rites of my late husband have already been raised from his Estate, our families, friends and supporters,” Sen. Karnga-Lawrence wrote.
She indicated that her late husband loved Liberia and cared for the average Liberian and would therefore, not imposed any additional financial burden on government of Liberia.
Rep. Lawrence of Montserrado County District 15 died in a tragic car accident during the early hours of Monday, March 25, 2019 on the Robertsfield Highway. He was 53. He died along with one Gwendolyn Dabah Wilson who was riding with him in his vehicle. Three others on board with him were critically injured and undergoing treatment at a local hospital in Monrovia.
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