“I wasn't referring to Mamansie Kabba”

-Gender Ministry Nimba Coordinator clarifies 

Yah Belleh Suah, the Coordinator of Liberia’s Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection sub-office in Sanniquellie, Nimba County, has explicitly clarified that disclosure made during her recent media engagement relating to challenges she has had in executing her responsibility (ies), wasn’t attributed to Assistant Minister of Administration the Ministry of Gender, as earlier reported.

As she (Madam Yah Belleh Suah) acknowledged Assistant Minister, Mamansie Kabba’s innocence,  Min. Kabba has also maintained that she has absolutely no connection to the matter.

She tells WomenVoices, “I have spoken with the Coordinator and she said she wasn’t referring to me. It’s not me because she doesn’t work under my jurisdiction.”

Though she wasn’t concise about who her allegations were linked to, Madam Yah Belleh Suah) recently accused her bosses of abandonment and discrimination of the local gender office in Sanniquellie.

She accused the Ministry of Gender of playing a significant role in numerous challenges her office confronted, including criminal buggery, lack of rape victims support, and logistics to enhance a smooth service among others.

The Gender Ministry Nimba Coordinator said her bosses’ action was promoted by 

political differences between the local office and heads of the Gender Ministry during the just-ended presidential election in Liberia.

Established in 2001 by an Act of the National Legislature, the Ministry of Gender and Development amongst other things serves as a driving force of Government for the practicalization of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its related instruments including the UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women; the Convention on the Rights of Children among others.

The Ministry is mandated to advise the Government on all matters affecting the development and welfare of women and children as well as any other matters referred to it by the Government.

But on the contrary, the coordinator of Liberia’s Gender Ministry sub-office in Nimba County alarmed of intimidations and threats against her by top officials of the Ministry during the 2023, presidential run-off election.

According to her, the drama began when she (Madam Suah) pledged her support to the presidential bid of Amb. Joseph Boakai of the Unity Party (UP), a few days after she was asked to support the re-election of outgoing President George Weah.