{"id":68881,"date":"2022-11-24T19:53:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T19:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2022\/11\/24\/strong-community-partnership\/"},"modified":"2022-11-24T19:54:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T19:54:35","slug":"strong-community-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2022\/11\/24\/strong-community-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong Community Partnership\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
GRAND BASSA-Citizens in Grand Bassa\u2019s Forth Electoral District say ArcelorMittal\u2019s latest community engagement drive is an honor and a recognition of their role as owners of the land.<\/p>\n
The citizens of District #4 which is popularly known as \u201cWee-Statutory District\u201d believe that ArcelorMittal was now playing a key role in building a strong community relationship by engaging them through their own local civil society groups.<\/p>\n
They told two separate town hall meetings on Compound Three and in Barseegiah Town that the recent community engagement will create not only a way to improve local communities\u2019 benefits from the concession, but also boost AML\u2019s employee morale, loyalty, and brand reputation.<\/p>\n
Local CSO-Citizens United to Server Humanity is raising awareness about ArcelorMittal Phase Town Expansion.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Seihn, Compound Three, Glow Town, Barseegiah and St. John are some of the towns in Grand Bassa that are directly benefiting from the company\u2019s 20% corporate social development allotment due to their proximity to AML\u2019s operational area.<\/p>\n
At one of CUSH\u2019s town halls in Wayzohn City on Compound Three, dozens of community leaders in attendance thanked AML for agreeing to allot 20% of its social development payment to them.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is bringing more visible projects in the communities. All we need to do is to use it wisely and ensure it benefits all of us,\u201d said Joe Payegar, the Statutory District Superintendent.<\/p>\n
Youth & Students representatives who spoke at the gathering praised the company for fencing the Gorblee School through the 20% allotment and at the same time appealed for modern science laboratories, and technical and or vocational institutions in Wee Statutory District to mostly train young people.<\/p>\n
At current, there are seven projects ranging from clinics, school, major infrastructure upgrades like extension of the Wee-Radio station that are all financed from AML\u2019s 20% allocation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot be enemies to the company,\u201d one elderly man who identified himself as Uncle James told the meeting in Barseehiah Town<\/p>\n
\u201cI have my older brother\u2019s son in Yekepa who works for Mittal Steel so it is not possible for me and my poor family to say Mittal should go because Christmas coming, and I expect him to send small things for us like he usually does\u201d<\/p>\n