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Read More...‘Economic Battle Zone’
Barely a week ahead of the July 26th
independence celebrations, reports from rural Liberia speak of terrible hardship for the already poor rural dwellers with a hike in the prices of basic commodities. “For Sinoe County, it is an economic battle zone we cannot bear. Everything is expensive. We do not know how to celebrate the July 26 this year,” one classroom teacher, in a sad mood, told this paper yesterday. Another dejected classroom teacher from Sinoe County, Mr. Worwin Nyongbe said a five-gallon container of palm oil, which formerly cost LD1000 now sells at L$1500 while a gallon of gasoline which was sold for L350 now cost L$450 in Greenville. The US parboiled rice which cost about US$50 in Monrovia is now US$70 in Saklepea, and surrounding villages, according to a resident from there. Moses Tarpeh, a resident of Ricercess County said a gallon of gasoline there costs L$480 while a bag of a 100lb bag of Brazilian parboil rice which costs U$40 in Monrovia is US$55. Another classroom teacher from in Bong County, Mr. Frsncis D. Kollie said gasoline costs L$390 while a 100lb sac of rice costs between U$45 and US55. He complained a 5-gallon container of palm, which used to cost US$20, is now U$30. But Mr. Kollie attributed the situation to the refusal of many people to engage in business activities, but prefer employment with China Union, which has taken over at Bong Mines facilities. Gbando Kromah said one gallon of gasoline in some towns in District #5 in Nimba County is L$1000. This, he said, is costing him L$50 to charge his laptop per hour. Mr. Benedict Korquoi complained that the 5-bedroom government building in compound #3 of Grand Bassa County is falling apart for want of maintenance. All the teachers are complaining of living under economic hardship since they were employed by the Ministry of Education to teach Mathematics and the Science courses across the country. 
