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Article

5 Jan 2014

Author:
Mae Azango, Front Page Africa (Liberia)

Taking More, Giving Less - Nimba Decry Arcelor Mittal’s Operations [Liberia]

[C]itizens of...Nimba County...are crying from poverty instead of enjoying...the presence of...Arcelor Mittal... “... It is worrisome because people don’t have their farm land anymore to grow...crops,” [s]ays Emma Yei Konnah...During a recent visit...there was glaring sign of the poverty...citizens [many of] who[m] are miners and work for the...company...[live] in...[mud] houses...“The question of why we don’t have electricity is not for me to answer but Arcelor Mittal”, laments Madam Konnah...“We don’t even have a clinic for our people, so whenever you are sick and you don’t have...a car...the person will die...”... Arcelor Mittal Spokesperson, Mrs. Hesta Baker Pearson admitted that Gbaba, Zolowe, and other villages are considered the affected communities, but said the company is trying to improve the community engagement and support...Another Arcelor Mittal representative said the company has...broken ground for the construction of a clinic... Acelor Mittal also disclosed that it has allocated US four million for the construction of the Gbanga, Nimba Highway...