Dateline Liberia - Wenesday (19 April 2017)

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<p><strong>Date:</strong> Wednesday April 19, 2017</p>

<p><strong>Time 11:00am </strong>with a Repeat at 9:15pm</p>

<p><strong>Duration: 45&rsquo;</strong></p>

<p><strong>Producer:</strong> Olive Thomas</p>

<p><strong><u>Interviews or recorded pieces-subject matter and/or content.</u></strong></p>

<p>&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has opened the Grand Gedeh County Service Center; describing it as a major step in providing basic public services to rural inhabitants.</p>

<p>&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Ministry of Education has refuted claims that, Minister George Werner has threatened to dismiss primary school teachers in the country for absenteeism.</p>

<p style="margin-left:48px;">Reacting to Mr. Bleetahn, the Secretary General, National Teachers Association of Liberia, Samuel Johnson says a lot needs to be addressed in the education sector to improve performance; he argues that teachers and the government are partners in progress and called for harmonious working relationship</p>

<p>&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Liberia has launched National Quality Award; an initiative of ECOWAS to promote a quality infrastructure concept in order to compete in local and regional markets.</p>

<p>&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Alumni Association of the University of Liberia says it has stepped up efforts to assist in the running of the institution.</p>

<p>Huge advances have been made against many tropical diseases but growing urbanization has created what UN health experts are calling a huge breeding ground for sickness.</p>