₦airaland Forum

The former international footballer George
Weah will run for president of Liberia for a
second time.
He said he had the "vision" to transform
the country. Mr Weah, who played for teams including
Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan and
Chelsea, was the highest-ranking African
footballer in Fifa's list of greatest players of
the 20th century.
His previous presidential bid, in 2005, was
defeated by current president Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf.
Her second term in office will end in 2017
and under the country's constitution she
cannot run again.
During his football career, Mr Weah
became a UN goodwill ambassador.
Later he turned to politics. He is currently a
senator for the western province of
Montserrado, which includes the capital
Monrovia.
In 2011 he ran for vice-president under
Winston Tubman but did not win.
Mr Weah belongs to the opposition
Congress for Democratic Change (CDC)
party.
Announcing his presidential bid in
Monrovia, he said he had been a "victim of
poverty" like many of his supporters, and
said he would boost vocational education.
Liberia's national anthem was played
before Mr Weah took to the stage.
First, he held a moment of silence in
memory of the thousands of people who
died of Ebola.
He told his crowd of supporters: "Our
gathering here today is about the future of
our country and our people.
"In the last ten years our people have
continued to live in abject poverty,
education a mess, health delivery system a
disaster, electricity and pipe-borne water
elusive."
"Like many of you, I have been a victim of
poverty," he said. "There were times I
didn't have school fees."
A leading research organization has
recently rated Mr Weah's performance in
the Senate as low.
Party members from across Liberia
presented a petition asking him to run,
saying they believed he was the man "to
solve Liberia's numerous problems".
Some party members paraded up and
down the sandy party headquarters,
beneath giant portraits of Mr Weah.
They sang: "George Weah is the man we
want, George Weah is the man we want."
Mr Weah pledged to increase the national
budget, work towards religious harmony,
and support vocational education.
To wild applause, he said: "God is with us,
and hope is alive."

While some Nigerian women are today
afraid of the car steering wheel, others
have decided to earn a living in the male-
dominated field of taxi drivers. One of such ladies is Delta State-born
Susan Asakpa.
“I studied Accounting at the University of
Nigeria, Nsukka. I worked in a hotel for
about three years. There was nothing new
anymore, no challenge and the salary was
stagnant. Later on, my boss called me up
and told me that he will be reducing my
salary by N10,000. I was surprised.”
“Before then, I have been thinking about
what business I can do. I had three
business ideas (hair dressing, food and taxi
business). I prayed
about them after which I chose this one,”
the young lady continued.
“I spoke with my dad who happens to be
my closest confidant and he quickly got a
loan from the bank and bought me this car.
He has been so supportive, not a single
word of discouragement,” she said.

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