For “Outstanding” Performance At Legislature Deputy Speaker Koffa gets International Respect

Having served at Liberia’s 54th Legislature with distinction,  the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives has been given further recognition outside of Liberia as his image takes the face of the African Leadership Magazine for the month of July. 

Deputy Speaker Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa, the Magazine says, has exhibited legislative excellence and his works have made difference in Liberia. 

Speaking Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at occasion marking the presentation of official portrait of the cover page of the magazine to Cllr. Koffa, Samuel Moses Elaikwu, General Manager of African Leadership Organization in the UK, publisher of the African Leadership Magazine, asserted that the recognition is in regard to the Deputy Speaker’s outstanding performance of legislative leadership. 

According to him, the thoughtful leadership of Cllr. Koffa has brought proud not just to Liberia, but to the whole of Africa. 

“We are here to recognize his effort for his outstanding performance of legislative leadership and his thoughtful leadership through which he has brought proud to the whole of Africa. We were so moved his recommendation put forth at the just ended African leadership forum.  We are also here to thank you for your gender advocacies and your life touching initiatives,” said Elaikwu. 

Though some Liberians at times attribute the success stories of Deputy Speaker Koffa to his alignment to the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), however, the Management of the African Leadership Magazine sees it differently. 

Elaikwu indicated that the honoree’s quality of thoughts and engagement have made him the darling of the government, stressing that this is a challenge and benchmark for other legislators and those in leadership positions to follow suit. 

In response, Cllr. Koffa expressed joy for the honor bestowed on him and vowed to do more. 

“We were very honored to be a part of the recent forum and we cherish the work that you do. You are working that the economy works for all.  We will stand with you to ensure policy that works for the best of Africa,” he added. 

It could be recalled that Cllr. Koffa, while attending the the 8th Edition of the Africa Summit in London, the United Kingdom, called for a paradigm shift in the dreams and construct of the Pan Africanism Movement if the continent will ever be unified and its people empowered.

He told African stakeholders and bilateral and multilateral partners that priorities for the African people need to be rethought or rearranged.

“There must be a new Pan African movement for economic growth,” Rep. Koffa told the gathering at Committee Room G, House of Lords, in London.

The Deputy Speaker’s call comes at a time when the continent is grappling with the struggle for political unity through Pan Africanism after over fifty years. 

It is clearly evident that the dream of a unified African continent, as accentuated in the context of Pan Africanism, has yet to be achieved since the 1960s, more than 50 years when the vision gained global attention and African consciousness at a peak.