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Public Works Commits to Refurbishing Public Buildings, As Eviction of Hotel Africa Squatters Looms

Photo credit: MPW
Photo credit: MPW

In furtherance of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s mandate to renovate old public buildings—coupled with an investment plan—the Ministry of Public Works has announced the imminent eviction of Hotel Africa Squatters.

Addressing reporters on Thursday during his visit to the Facility, Public Works Minister Roland Layfette Giddings said the rehabilitation of major public buildings in the country is crucial towards improving public infrastructures.

According to him, the Hotel Africa Facility has lied in ruins for years, adding that the Government has seen the need to upgrade the facility and its surrounding land space of approximately 393 acres beginning with the eviction of all squatters with makeshift homes and  those with illegal, permanent structures.

 

 

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Minister Giddings asserted that the move is intended to restore the pride of Hotel Africa as one of Liberia’s two five-star hotels in the past after Ducor Palace in the 1960’s.

The Liberian Infrastructure Minister led a high-power delegation comprising an array of Public Works Officials including Deputy Minister for Administration Samuka Dunnoh, the Chief Engineer of the Republic of Liberia Kieyee Bordolo, Assistant Minister for Construction Sundiata Juasemi, Assistant Minister for Plannning and Programmes Rahim Bility, amongst others to see firsthand and later determine the structural soundness of the complex -as new developments centered round investment opportunities for job creation are in the pipeline.

Hotel Africa, a former luxury resort and a pristine five-star hotel in Africa, was constructed in 1979 to host the Organization of African Unity (OAU) summit in Monrovia, Liberia. The complex featured a main hotel, separate villas for heads of state, a conference center, a casino, and a golf course. During the Liberian Civil War (1990-2003), the hotel was looted, damaged, and used by rebel forces for attacks. Following the war, the site was repurposed by the United Nations for troops and later occupied by citizens, remaining in a state of disrepair despite various redevelopment plans.

In a related development, Minister Giddings and Team also inspected an ongoing project in Tweh Farm which will witness the creation of an access road from Point Four Junction unto the main Monrovia-Bomi Highway.

The road, when completed, will ease the traffic congestion usually experienced around the Duala Market and Beer Factory, as motorists will now have an alternative route to ply.