Pleebo, Maryland County – A youth group in Maryland County has embarked on a voluntary project to rehabilitate a 1.5 mile road in Bye Way Bye, Pleebo Sodoken Statutory District.
The youth group under the banner Youth United for Development is a group youth residing in District # 3 in Maryland County with a membership of over 25 persons.
Speaking in an interview with FrontPageAfrica Thursday, the Secretary General of the group Emmanuel T.N. Torpoe said the group has decided to voluntarily buttress the efforts of Pleebo City Corporation (PCC) under the leadership of Anthony Harmon as Mayor of the city.
Prior to this 1.5 mile road project the group in the past carried on cleaning up campaign in several communities in Pleebo City to give the city a face lift.
The Youth United for Development based in Pleebo Sodoken Statutory District started the Bye Way Bye road rehabilitation using their hands from the main entrance of the Cavalla Rubber Corporation (CRC) to ensure smooth movement of commuters and goods and services on a daily basis.
The Bye Way Bye road is one of the roads in Pleebo City that is frequently used by officials of Cavalla Rubber Corporation, Maryland Oil Palm Plantation, commercial motorcyclists as well as pedestrians.
Torpoe said from the beginning of the project the group has been the only one providing hand tools and contributing food and medication.
The Secretary General of the group however lauded the Mayor of Pleebo City, Harmon who came in later on behalf of the Corporation and made a donation of several hand tools including wheel barrows, shovels, diggers, and cutlasses.
“Despite the lack of the necessary tools, we will not stop until the 1.5 mile is completed that is our target, but your support is greatly needed” Torpoe said.
Mayor Harmon has praised the youth group for taking such initiative in the society most especially when they saw the need without any request.
He pledged his entity’s fullest support to the youth organization, describing the group as a true partner to the Pleebo City Corporation (PCC).
Mayor Harmon said his office is doing an official communication to their concession partners, the Cavalla Rubber Corporation (CRC), Maryland Oil Palm Plantation (MOPP), and the office of the County Superintendent and others for the purpose of providing support for the young men and women to enable them complete the 1.5 mile road project.
“We must lobby for the necessary support for these young people who have seen the need to be volunteers”, the mayor of Pleebo City pointed out.
Meanwhile, the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Food Science at William V.S. Tubman University, Dr. Wolo E. Torpoe, has made a donation of wheelbarrows, shovels, diggers, and one bag of 25kg rice to the youth group.
Dr. Torpoe told FrontPageAfrica in Pleebo that his donation is as a result of request made by officials of the group for assistance to enable them carry on their work. He placed the cost of his donation at a little over US$300.
He said, the group can call on him at any time if the need arises for assistance relative to development projects in the district.
The representative hopeful of Pleebo Sodoken Statutory District is however calling on well-meaning Marylanders and Liberians to support the youth group in whatever way they can to ensure that the 1.5 mile Bye Way Bye road rehabilitation project is completed.
Report by George K. Momo (0880303757/[email protected]