Liberian president Pleads with Japan to Extend Somalia Drive

Liberian President George Weah has pleaded with the government of Japan to help extend the ongoing Somalia Drive Road project.

Speaking at the Roberts International Airport in Margibi County upon his arrival from the seventh edition of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama, Japan, President Weah said his appeal was to enable the ongoing Somalia Drive Road project connected with the Gabriel Tucker Bridge in Monrovia and the Hotel Africa Road.

“We asked them to see how best they can complement the Somalia Drive Road to be able to connect to the Gabriel Tucker Bridge and to also extend it to the Hotel Africa route,” President Weah told Journalist.

The plea, according to President Weah, was made during a negotiation with his Japanese counterparts, aimed at bringing specific benefit between both countries as well as strengthening Liberia-Japan tie.

The governments of Liberia and Japan in a bilateral meeting held on Friday, August 30, at the Aegean Intercontinental Yokohama Grand in the City of Yokohama agreed to strengthen cooperation and international relations as well as committed to infrastructural developments.

President Weah said composition surrounding the conference started early June 2019, describing it as successful and a platform that presented good debates.

During the conference, President Weah expressed regret over Liberia’s backwardness in socioeconomic growth, attributing it to improper application of technology.