University of Liberia, LWSC Launch Collaboration to Renovate UL’s Bathrooms

CAPITOL HILL CAMPUS, Monrovia – The University of Liberia (UL) and the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) have announced a groundbreaking partnership to renovate all of UL’s bathrooms across its Capitol Hill, Fendall and Health Sciences Campuses.

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By Willie Tokpa

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 Earlier yesterday, UL President Dr. Layli Maparyan met with Mo Ali, Managing Director of LWSC to cement the details of the initiative. Mr. Ali, accompanied by Patrick Sandikie, LWSC Deputy Director for Technical Services, presented the final report of a water and sanitation assessment that had been conducted on the Capitol Hill and Fendall Campuses, noting that the Health Sciences campus assessment was underway.

“LWSC is well-positioned to collaborate with UL to improve both the water and the sanitation conditions on UL’s campuses,” Mr.  Ali said. “We can work together, and we will.”

 Under the government-to-government arrangement:

 LWSC will rehabilitate wells on both campuses, including digging new boreholes where necessary, building new water storage facilities, fixing pipes and plumbing, and installing new bathroom facilities, including toilets and sinks.

 The University of Liberia, using earmarked funds recently received from the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, will purchase the bathroom renovation supplies, while LWSC will cover the cost of strengthening Capitol Hill campus’s access to Monrovia’s water and sewer grid and digging new wells at Fendall.

 Labour will be a joint effort between LWSC professionals, UL’s Plant Operations Department (POD) and UL’s newly appointed cross-functional technical team.

 Work is expected to commence this week

Also in attendance at the meeting was UL’s new Interim Vice President for Administration,  Sehmah R. Jallah, who has instructed UL’s POD – led by  Jefferson Walker – to  clean all the bathrooms on all the campuses this week in advance of the renovation.

 “The renovation workers deserve a clean and clutter free space in which to get going,” Jallah remarked.

 President Maparyan expressed deep gratitude to Mr.  Ali and LWSC for the joint effort. She also underscored the initiative’s importance to the entire UL community.

 “This is the collaboration we have been waiting for,” she said. “We can see a light at the end of the tunnel. UL’s students, faculty, staff, and guests will, at long last, have the dignified facilities worthy of the nation’s flagship university.”