Chapter VI, Article 56 (a) of the Constitution of Liberia empowers the President of Liberia to appoint all cabinet ministers, deputy and assistant cabinet ministers, ambassadors, ministers and consuls, superintendents of counties and other government officials, both military and civilian, who shall hold their offices at the pleasure of the President. It is in keeping with this Constitutional mandate that various Liberian Presidents, including the current, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, have and continues to allow this will to prevail.

Wednesday, March 13, 20123 was observed across Liberia as national Decoration Day. The Day, declared by a Presidential Proclamation released in Monrovia by the Foreign Ministry this week, was in recognition of the country’s heroes and heroines, who lived and died in the interest of their country.

Of late, there have been mounting concerns about the low progress in Liberia’s health-care delivery system run by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. These concerns range from the slow pace at which construction projects are moving to the lack of drugs and equipment at hospitals, health centers and clinics around the country. Health and Social Welfare Minister Walter Gwenigalie, appearing before the Plenary of the House of Representatives recently, attributed the delays in completing the construction of several health facilities around the country to the insincerity of some construction companies in the country.

The fight against Female Genital Mutilation is currently the leading advocacy program across the world, most especially in countries where it is practiced. The World Health organization or WHO defines Female Genital Mutilation or FGM as ‘all procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons or no health benefits for girls and women.