Written by By Ethel A. Tweh
The
National Tailor Union of Liberia is struggling to defend the alleged
mismanagement of items and money donated to the Union by Chevron Liberia
limited. An agreement was signed between the tailor union and
Chevron Liberia followed by a training conducted through the sponsorship
of Chevron in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County.
The grant from Chevron was intended to
facilitate the construction and rehabilitation of areas in two counties
for an effective establishment and full operation of a texture
industry. It has been months since the training ended in Grand Bassa
County with reports emerging from the camp of the Tailor Union that the
donation and grant have been given to the union in Monrovia for
distribution between two counties that attended the training.
The Grand Bassa County tailor union has
complained of neither getting any of the money donated nor designer
machines. The Assistant Coordinator of the Grand Bassa County Tailor
Union, Isaac Kono said they are disappointed in their colleagues in
Monrovia for not providing Grand Bassa County’s share of the Chevron’s
gesture to the two counties.
Kono in an interview yesterday did not
mention the amount of money and materials. However, he said his union
has engaged the Montserrado chapter to make available its share of the
donation and grant, but according to him, the Union in Monrovia headed
By LassanaDawon has failed.
“We did our follow up and noticed that
the grant has been given and the machines were on ground, but when we
went to the Tailor Union office on Lynch Street, we met the president,
LassanaDawon who confirmed to us that the materials were here but Grand
Bassa is not to benefit because the MOU was only signed between Chevron
and the Montserrado Union and not Grand Bassa Union,” he explained.
The purpose of the training was to
empower and improve skills of Liberian fashion designers. It targeted
about 75 participants from Montserrado and Grand Bassa Counties
respectively. It was agreed that after graduation, participants of the
training would have benefited from Chevron Liberia Limited by the
donation of designing machines and a grant to the two counties that
attended the training session.
The Grand Bassa County branch of the
Tailor Union demands its fair share of the donation from Chevron. “We
the Grand Bassa branch received information that the items reached
Liberia along with the grant at the union’s head office in Monrovia, the
Monrovia branch did not mention any tailoring union in Grand Bassa,”
Mr. Kono explained.
He noted that the Grand Bassa branch did
a follow up and confirmed arrival of the items and grant but the county
is yet to get its share of the donation. The President of the Liberia
National Tailor Union LassanaDawon declined to comment on the allegation
when he was contacted via mobile.
Dawon however promised to provide documents and explanations about the Chevron’s assistance subsequently.
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