Liberia: “Sara Beysolow-Nyanti Is Qualified for the Job,” says Leymah Gbowee

After a strong question surrounding Pres Boakai’s nomination for the Minister of Foreign Affairs position, 2011 Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee has called on the Liberian Senate to confirm Madam Sara Beysolow-Nyanti.

Madam Beysolow-Nyanti’s confirmation was postponed yesterday, February 01, 2024, due to former diplomats filling the seats of Senators – thereby causing an unfavorable situation.

Since the postponement, there have been claims and counter-claims about a premeditated plan by Nyanti’s team to carry a cheering squad to persuade the Senators to confirm her despite a huge question about her academic qualifications.

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Supporting her quest for the job, a renowned Laymah Gbowee said, “I think Sara is qualified to run the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”

Madam Gbowee noted that Liberia is fast slipping into a dangerous trap that has to be tackled now or it might lead to serious harm to the country.

“It is unfortunate that because of the gullibility of society, anyone nowadays gets to Facebook, writes anything about other people’s hard-earned reputation and goes unpunished,” she said. “Beyond the lack of patience and actual due diligence, we have gotten to a point where a few people would use Facebook to do advocacy that I call behind-the-screen advocacy. Even if they are in person doing the advocacy, they want to become the law and authority in their own right.”

She added, “Liberia is getting into a trap where anyone can get up at any time and write a lot of things about anyone else; tarnish your reputation, destroy your integrity, and if we don’t be careful, many Liberians who are competent and capable of giving the necessary assistance leading to the transformation of the country will shy away.”

Gbowee: “I think what is important for us is to look at Sara’s record, all of the countries that she has served in, especially representing the United Nations. I was in South Sudan and I know what she was able to pull together when we went last year for the conference.”