Describes As Liberia’s Best
Monrovia, Liberia – Professor Sumo G. Kupee, former Senator of Lofa County who on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 was laid in state at the Liberia National Legislature has finally been lay to rest.
During the funeral, Wednesday, November 12, 2024, the Liberian leader, President Joseph N. Boakai described the passing of the former Senator as a great loss to the people of Lofa and Liberia a large; adding that the former Senator was one of Liberia’s best.
“He was one of Liberia’s best sons. The people of Lofa and Liberia have incurved a great loss. We lost a great son and a great leader in our community, and the. Lutheran Church has lost a great member and leader,” he added.
According to him, the passing of the former Senator of Lofa County would serve as a magnetic field that would further unify the people of Lofa and Liberia.
Boakai stated that the fallen senator was a nationalist who fought for unity and betterment of Liberia.
“We hope that his passing will help to unite us more to see the value in people, the better we work together, we hold together and see the good in each other, the better this country will be,” President Boakai narrated.
The Liberian leader explained that as senator of Lofa County, the former Senator of Lofa represented the county and fought for national development.
Boakai, “The workings of the legislature is not just the individual legislator, but a person who is able to represent the county and lobby for national development. Sumo was one of those who represented the county and thesis country very well.”
Meanwhile, the Liberia National Legislature, especially members of the 52nd and 53rd national said that the workings of the former Senator of Lofa County were not just a representation of Lofa, but a national developmentalist.
Speaking on their behalf, Grand Bassa County Senator Gbehzongar Milton Finley recorded that, as nationalist, the former Senator introduced the bill that brought about the act that established the Liberia Revenue Authority that is now bringing forth national revenue.
Senator Finley explained that following the 2008 national census, the fallen Senator introduced a bill that established the threshold that formulated additional districts, thereby reaching the house of representatives to seventy-three seats.
At the same time, the Liberia Petroleum Refineries Company be-mourned the passing of the former Senator as a dependentalist who brought about transformation at the LPRC.
The LPRC in their tribute added that, as managing director of the petroleum company, the former Lofa County Senator erected a modern petroleum storage tank that caused US 30M.
