{"id":4600,"date":"2022-01-11T03:04:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T03:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2022\/01\/11\/nimbians-still-reject-arcelor-mittal-agreement\/"},"modified":"2022-01-11T03:04:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T03:04:41","slug":"nimbians-still-reject-arcelor-mittal-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2022\/01\/11\/nimbians-still-reject-arcelor-mittal-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Nimbians still reject Arcelor Mittal Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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SANNIQELLIE- Several Nimbaians \u00a0\u00a0have called on the legislature to nullify the current mineral development \u00a0between the Liberian government and Arcelor \u00a0Mittal because it is not in the interest of the county and the country.<\/p>\n

At a mass meeting held in Sanniquellie, \u00a0Nimba County,\u00a0 over the weekend, on \u00a0the status of the \u00a0Mineral Development Agreement \u00a0put before the National Legislature, from ArcelorMittal, \u00a0participants at the conference have called on the government\u00a0 to ignore any additional years to Arcelor Mittal \u00a0until its current nine years agreement expires. \u00a0Those at the conference believe that the\u00a0 steel giant \u00a0has been unable to abide by the first agreement \u00a0signed in 2005.<\/p>\n

The conference was organized by Nimba \u00a0Kwado(meaning one Nimba in the local \u00a0\u00a0dialect) has been discussing a number of issues in the county ranging from developments, to the welfare of its people.\u00a0 This was not the first time for such conference to \u00a0be held. \u00a0It can be recalled that last year similar \u00a0meeting\u00a0 was held in which thousands of citizens from different parts of the world attended. Some lawmakers were also present at the meeting.<\/p>\n

At the \u00a0end of the conference the president of the group, Mr. Isaac Dahn \u00a0told reporters\u00a0 that the company was not in the county to help rather, to exploit and at such, the current MDA should not be ratified.<\/p>\n

According to him, \u00a0AML has not been able to live up to the agreement. For example, lack of housing, good healthcare, and job opportunities. And, most importantly, control over the railway and port of Buchanan.<\/p>\n

He said, all parties should have access to both the rail \u00a0and\u00a0 the\u00a0 port as it was the property of the country and not \u00a0AML.<\/p>\n

At the conference a former senator of Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf administration, Saye Taylor Dolo, \u00a0called on delegates to seek audience with the company to look at some of the issues raised in the \u00a0agreement.<\/p>\n

He has \u00a0earlier expressed his dissatisfaction over the agreement, but said, it was also important to meet the company\u2019s representatives for a dialogue.<\/p>\n

According to the delegates, a resolution \u00a0from the conference is expected to be sumitted \u00a0to President George \u00a0Weah soon. At the same time, the elders and chiefs are calling for\u00a0 the president to pay a visit\u00a0 to the county to see at first hand the current situation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Source: New republic liberia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SANNIQELLIE- Several Nimbaians \u00a0\u00a0have called on the legislature to nullify the current mineral development \u00a0between the Liberian government and Arcelor \u00a0Mittal because it is not in the interest of the county and the country. At a mass meeting held in Sanniquellie, \u00a0Nimba County,\u00a0 over the weekend, on \u00a0the status of the \u00a0Mineral Development Agreement \u00a0put […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nNimbians still reject Arcelor Mittal Agreement - African News Paper<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2022\/01\/11\/nimbians-still-reject-arcelor-mittal-agreement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nimbians still reject Arcelor Mittal Agreement - African News Paper\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SANNIQELLIE- Several Nimbaians \u00a0\u00a0have called on the legislature to nullify the current mineral development \u00a0between the Liberian government and Arcelor \u00a0Mittal because it is not in the interest of the county and the country. 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