United States Ambassador to Liberia, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, renewed the US’s pledge to held Liberia in various sector, pointing out that the US will spend in 2012 over $75 million to assist in the rebuilding of Liberia’s private sector as "there’s no assurance of lasting peace unless people have jobs, stability and food on the table.”

According to the statement, Madam Thomas-Greenfield was speaking on Tuesday evening at the dedication of a new US Embassy in Monrovia estimated to have cost $164 million.

She said the US will assist rebuild the private sector because ".”

The US will also work with the government of Liberia strengthen democracy and good governance, continue supporting educational excellence, bring electricity to Monrovia and beyond, increase agricultural production and food security by introducing improved seed varieties and building farm-to-market roads.

"We will promote private enterprise and expand access to credit for ordinary men and women and farmers and entrepreneurs. We will partner with your Government to create jobs and the environment to promote job creation,” the U.S envoy said.

Speaking at the event, LMiberian head of state Ellen Johnson Sirleaf observed that the construction of the new embassy in Liberia “represented a vote of confidence in Liberia’s future, a vote of confidence and support for the Liberian people.”

Source African Press Agency

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