KLAY, Bomi County — Bomi County Senator Edwin Snowe has urged the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) to extend its rural electrification efforts to more communities across the county, warning against leaving residents out of the country’s ongoing power expansion drive.
Senator Snowe made the appeal on Friday, November 6, during the groundbreaking ceremony for a rural electrification project intended to improve access to affordable and reliable electricity in Gbarpolu and Grand Cape Mount counties.
Although welcoming the initiative targeting the two neighboring counties, the Bomi lawmaker stressed that communities in his county also require urgent attention, particularly those where preliminary assessments have already been conducted.
He disclosed that LEC had completed feasibility studies in Suehn Mecca and Tehr Districts, expressing hope that the assessments would translate into concrete electricity connections rather than remain at the planning stage.
Snowe, who chairs the Senate Committee on Hydrocarbon and Electricity, placed particular emphasis on Beajah Town, the administrative headquarters of Senjeh District, arguing that it should be among the priority locations for electrification.
Addressing LEC Managing Director Mohammad M. Sheriff, the senator pointed out that it was unacceptable for the district hosting the President’s home community to remain without electricity at its headquarters.
He stated that Beajah’s lack of power deserves immediate consideration as the corporation plans subsequent phases of its rural electrification programme.
The senator also identified Government Farm, Jawajeh, Varney Bon, Basao, Gayah Hill and Mano Plantation as communities that should be considered for connection to the national electricity grid.
According to Snowe, extending electricity to these areas would create opportunities for local businesses, strengthen educational and healthcare delivery, and improve the general welfare of residents.
He called on LEC and its development partners to incorporate Bomi County into the next phase of the rural electrification programme, emphasizing that the county should benefit alongside other parts of the country as Liberia expands its electricity infrastructure.
