The Government of Liberia is being urged to legislate Todee Statutory District as an electoral district for speedy development.
By: Ramsey N Singbeh Jr in Margibi
Montserrado, Liberia, March 28, 2025 – A former representative candidate of Montserrado County Electoral District One, Momo F. Dannah, is calling on government to grant electoral district status to Todee Statutory District.
Todee district consists of several clans with a huge population and also accounts for a big part of Montserrado District. It covers Careysburg, Todee and other major places.
In an interview with reporters in Compound Town, along Bong Mines Road in Margibi County Electoral District#4 where he had gone to grace the first district report of Representative Emmanuel O. Yarh on March 26, 2025, Mr. Dannah emphasized the need for Todee to get an electoral district status for the purpose of advancing development for residents of the area.
He explained that this will assist the district to benefit from national government with some of its leaders taking up jobs in government from the region.
The man who is also domiciled in Kakaka, contested and secured the forth place during the 2023 elections in Montserrado County District One, where he got overwhelmingly supported by residents of Todee.
Momo, who told reporters that he built roads, churches, schools and bridges and turned them over to the government, further said if Todee cannot stand alone as an electoral district before 2029, he would not contest the next elections even though he will fulfill all of his promises made to the people.
“That’s the only way Todee people will benefit! But if this district is not divided, and Todee stands on its own, nothing we will benefit and that is why you always see the rural areas, no development because the district is big. The district is more than a county.”
Mr. Dannah, who is also heavily involved with agriculture, creating employment opportunities for some residents of the district, said no matter the amount of money someone has, one’s hands’ marks cannot possibly show in all parts of the district because of its geographical size.
He said the district recorded approximately 67,000 registered voters.
The former representative candidate admonished residents of Todee to stop allowing themselves being trucked during election, noting that it undermines the well-being of the district, while calling on people of Margibi, who were trucked from Todee to desist from the act. Editing by Jonathan Browne
