MONROVIA: President Joseph N. Boakai has constituted governing Boards of several state-owned Enterprises, Institutions, Commissions and Agencies of Government. These appointments where applicable take immediate effect.
According to the Executive Mansion release, those appointed to the Board of the National Social Security and Welfare Corporation (NASSCORP) include Mr. Francis Karpeh, Chairperson;
Dr. Togba Nah Tipoteh, Member; Firestone Plantations Corporation, Member; Mr. Fred Bass Golokeh, Member; Mrs. Elaine Nemah, Member; Mrs. Mildred Reeves, Member; Comfort Sawyer, Member; Abla Gadegbaku Williams, Member; Varbah Gayflor, Member; Samuel Mitchell, Member; Mr. Edwin Gwilly, Member; Dewitt VonBallmoos, Secretary.
As for the John F. Kennedy Medical Center the President also appointed Minister of Health –Chair; Minister of Justice –Member; Minister of Finance –Member; Minister of Education –Member; Dean of Medical College –Member; President of Liberia Medical & Dental Association –Member; President of Liberia Nursing Association –Member; Chief Executive Officer (CEO) JFK -Board Secretary.
For the NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE OF LIBERIA (NPHIL) the Liberian leader also appointed Dr. Stephen Kennedy –Chair; Dr. Angela Benson –Member; Bishop Simeon Dunbar -Member; Dr. Samuel T. Dopoe –Member; Dr. Sia Wata Camanor –Member. Madame Sonia F. Roberts –Member; Minister of Health –Member; Minister of Finance and Development Planning -Member;
Minister of Justice –Member; Minister of Agriculture –Member. University of Liberia –Member; Director General serves as secretary and non-voting member of the board.
As for the Board of Directors National AIDS Commission President Boakai also appointed Chairperson, President of the Republic of Liberia; Vice Chairperson, Minister of Health member; Minister of Education, member; Minister of Youths and Sports, member; Minister of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism, member; Minister of Gender Children and Social Protection, member; Minister of Internal Affairs, member; Minister of Labor, member; Liberia Council of Churches, member; Liberia Chamber of Commerce, member; Liberia Bankers Association, member; Liberia Business Association, member; Liberia Rubber Planters Association, member; Liberia Federation of Labor Unions, member; Liberia National Teachers Union, member; National Muslim Council of Liberia, member; Liberia Medical and Dental Association, member; Liberia Nurses Association, member; Liberia National Bar Association, member; Federation of Liberian Youth, member; Liberia Marketing Association, member; Liberia Pharmaceutical Association, member; People Living with AIDS Representative (female), member; People Living with AIDS Representative (male), member; Country Representative of the World Health Organization, member; Country Representative of UNICEF, member; Country Representative of UNFPA, member.
For the Board of Directors Central Agriculture Research Institute (CARI) President Boakai appointed the Minister of Agriculture, Chair; Director General of CARI, Ex-officio; the University of Liberia, member; Tubman University, member; Liberia Institute for Biomedical Research (LIBR), member; Dr. Walter Wiles, member; Dr. Moses M. Zinnah, Member; Mr. Edward G. Smith, member; Hon. Oscar Copper, Member; Dr. Romell Horton, Member.
For the Cooperative Development Agency (CDA) the Liberian leader also appointed the Ministry of Agriculture –Chair; Ministry of Finance & Development Planning, member; Ministry of Transport, member; Ministry of Commerce and Industry, member; member, Ministry of Internal Affairs, member; Liberia Bank for Development & Investment (LBDI), member; Liberia Land Authority (LLA), member; Liberia Agricultural Regulatory Authority (LACRA), member; Liberia National Federation of Cooperative Societies (LNFCS), member; Liberia Credit Union National Association (LCUNA), member; and CDA Registrar General of Cooperatives, Secretary.
At the Liberia Agriculture Commodity Regulatory Authority (LACRA) President Boakai also appointed Josephine Francis, Chai; Ministry of Agriculture member; Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, member; Ministry of Commerce and Industry, member; Ministry of Gender and Development, member; Cooperative Development Agency (CDA) and Nathaniel Saah, Sr. Member
The statement under the signature of Presidential Press Secretary Kula Bonah Nyei Fofana president Boakai admonished those appointed to continue to demonstrate diligence, commitment, integrity, professionalism, and loyalty.