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PRESENTATION MADE ON BEHALF OF
CHAIRMAN MUSA H. BILITY BY MR. PRINCE FERZO FORFOR, (CHAIRMAN, SPECIAL
PRESIDENTIAL NIMBA LAND DISPUTE COMMISSION SECRETARIAT) AT THE NIMBA
COUNTY GATHERING FOR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION 2010 IN SANNIQUELLIE,
NIMBA COUNTY ON MAY 26, 2010. By: Nvasekie Konneh 27 May, 2010 Address of platform guests and audience:
BRIEF BACKGROUND OF THE COMMISSION: Nimba County is the largest center of population besides Monrovia, and as a result it is the second largest concentration of commerce and population movement. Unfortunately, due to nearly two decades of civil conflicts, other people occupied land and property of other citizens thereby complicating the process of reconciliation and peace building in Nimba County. Against this background, in February 2009, the President recognized and set up Special Presidential Nimba Land Dispute Commission, with membership drawn from the Nimba Legislative Caucus, the Superintendent, plus selected citizens from the county, and charged with these responsibilities:
ACHIEVEMENTS: Since February 2009 up to present, the Commission has made the following significant gains towards the achievement of peace in Nimba County:
When you perform your simple mathematics, you will find out that the Commission has been able to successfully resolved 81% of the all cases brought before it. In September 2009, the Commission appealed to the President that in order for lasting peace to be restored to Nimba, central government should pump in some little amount of money so that some people can be resettled. The rationale/logic is very simple. Some people occupied other people land with the intention of preserving it for them, because some of them lived as closed neighbors before the war. But with the perception at the time that certain group of people will not return, some people started to build makeshift or durable structures on those lands. When people started returning after the war, some of these people don’t have the means to relocating themselves so as to return the places to the rightful owners; neither do the rightful owners have money to adequately thank those people. It is against this background that the Commission pleaded with the President to provide a little peace package so that the peace we all are trying to build in Nimba can be a win-win situation. We do not want for people to be leaving with hard feelings or people staying and looking over their shoulders. As we speak, we were able to appraise and provide peace package as indicated below: CHART OF NMUBER OF STRUCTURES AND THE ESTIMATED VALUES
The land that we fight for today does not carry any inscription/writing as a Mano land, neither is it known to be a Mandingo land nor a Gio land. So we all need to understand that it is very wrong, and inform those people who want to use tribal sentiments as a means occupying other people land. The Mano, Gio or Mandingo ethnic group does not benefit anything from people who are using it as means of staying on other people land. They don’t pay taxes to the Mano, Gio or Mandingo tribe. Whatsoever, they gain from occupying those lands goes towards the enrichment of them and their families. So then, why should the loss be shared by them and the Mano, Gio & Mandingo tribes? Some people call us all sorts of names, but we will not relent to do just what is in the interest of peace. We sincerely believe that they will get to understand that what we are doing is the right thing that Nimba needs now. In conclusion, please permit me to borrow from Professor Joe Wolobah Mulbah, who said and I quote “It is better to joy, joy, joy then to war, war, war”. I thank you.
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