Mary Broh

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Mary Broh (2009)

Mary Tanyonoh Broh (born September 15, 1951 in Takoradi , Ghana ) is a Liberian local politician and incumbent mayor of the capital Monrovia .

Life

Mary Tanyonoh Broh belongs to the Kru people , she was born on September 15, 1951 in the coastal town of Takoradi in Ghana , where her mother Esther N. Goe had lived since 1950. The name "Tanyonoh" means "a woman who wages a fight" in the Kru language. Since her mother returned to Liberia in 1959 and initially lived at Cape Palmas for a while, she attended elementary school there. In the 1960s, the single mother lived from casual work without a permanent residence. Mary Broh had a very hard childhood and in 1967 found a place in a Methodist country school home in Gbarnga , where she acquired a scholarship so that she could attend the College of West Africa (CWA) in Monrovia from 1968. In Logan Town she also worked as a domestic help and graduated in 1970 from. Her first job was at the Bank of Liberia in Monrovia. She received very good pay from the Nigeria Airways ground crew at Monrovia Airport and later traveled to the USA , where she completed several vocational training courses and made a career in a Jewish textile company in New York City , where she worked for 14 years. The work was connected with trips abroad to Asia, she completed further courses as a textile merchant and in accounting.

Career in Liberia

Broh returned to Liberia from exile in the United States in 2006 to support Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf . In Monrovia, she initially took on the job of “Special Projects Coordinator” for the beautification of the capital's boulevard Broad Street , which is now known as Ellen's Garden .

In the port and passport administration

Her second stop was the passport department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Here she finished the lucrative business of issuing visas and issuing passports and legalizations for some officials. This was followed by the post of deputy director of the state port administration at Freeport Monrovia . In both positions she had extensive powers of attorney and reformed the structure of the authorities. At Freeport, she also worked on modernizing port logistics and successfully fought corruption .

Lord Mayor of Monrovia

Thanks to these successes, she became mayor of the capital Monrovia in 2009 at the request of President Johnson-Sirleaf. She took over from Ophelia Hoff-Saytumah , who was dismissed in summer 2009 for proven corruption. In this new role, the problems of corruption and nepotism are once again on her agenda , and as mayor she would also like to be able to demonstrate visible successes in the cityscape of the megacity. It has already ordered a tough crackdown on the problems of homeless quarters and squatting, and is betting on the eviction of petty criminals and drug dealers from the city center. Her first projects as Lord Mayor also include the reorganization of garbage collection and street cleaning, as well as checking the hygienic conditions on the street markets and enforcing licenses for commercial activities. She personally reviews the progress in the city through weekly inspection visits. The dismissal of the police chief of "Greater Monrovia" earned her great respect in the city administration.

To support the mayor, the President ordered the establishment of a "Task Force Greater Monrovia for Cleaning and Urban Renewal", which is headed by Daniel G. Johnson , the business people (Lebanese and Indians) who are also resident in Monrovia as well as local mayors, commissioners and members Belong to governors of the greater Monrovia region. The monthly “Monrovia Clean Up Day” introduced by Broh means that all private and public facilities are closed for four hours. During this time, additional cleaning and beautification work is to be carried out in the city and on the beach. Critics already see the lack of opportunities for orderly waste disposal close to the city as problematic.

More functions

As Lord Mayor of Monrovia, Mary Broh is also the Chief Executive Officer of Greater Monrovia, a member of the Liberia Marketing Association (LMA) and the General Services Agency (GSA).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fatoumata Fofana Nabie: The Journey of Mary Tanyonoh Broh In: The Daily Observer (Jan. 1, 2011). Retrieved January 8, 2011
  2. ^ A b Reuben A. Yuan: Broh to hit Chieff Compound In: InProfile daily (May 8, 2009). Retrieved January 8, 2011
  3. ^ A b c Mary Broh Becomes Monrovia City Mayor In: New Liberian (Feb. 9, 2009). Retrieved January 8, 2011
  4. ↑ Joe K. Roberts: Liberia: I Won't Do It Again In: New Democrat Monrovia (Jan. 14, 2010). Retrieved January 8, 2011
  5. ^ Liberia: Thousands Clean Up Monrovia Tomorrow In: The Informer (Monrovia) (June 5, 2009). Retrieved January 8, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Broh, Mary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Broh, Mary Tanyonoh (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Liberian politician and Mayor of Monrovia
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Takoradi , Ghana