02/11/2025
🦜 PARROT NEWS NETWORK – EDITORIAL DESK
By Amb John Nelson Hadji Chief Executive Office and Editor in Chief Parrot News Network Newspaper and Online TV
Date: November 2, 2025
Title: Sinoe at a Political Crossroads: Time for Leadership Beyond Promises
In the calm yet restless political waters of Sinoe County, Liberia’s oldest coastal territory, a silent storm brews, one not of nature, but of governance, accountability, and leadership. The citizens of Sinoe, long patient and hopeful, are increasingly questioning whether their leaders’ promises will ever translate into tangible progress.
For too long, the county’s political energy has been consumed by rivalry, division, and finger-pointing. Every election cycle revives the same old rhetoric: accusations, tribal sentiments, and endless speeches about “development soon to come.” Yet, communities from Greenville to Juarzon, from Dugbe River to Tarsue, still wait for functioning schools, reliable healthcare, and decent roads.
The Accountability Crisis
The recent public outrage over the alleged mismanagement of US$400,000 in county development funds is a painful reminder that Sinoe’s greatest enemy is not poverty, but poor governance. Projects that were meant to uplift communities have either stalled or disappeared altogether. The people’s resources have too often been reduced to political trophies, displayed in speeches but absent in action.
Development cannot thrive in an environment where accountability is optional. It is time that those entrusted with public funds remember that leadership is not ownership. Transparency in project implementation must no longer be treated as a favor to the people, it is their right.
Land, Power, and People
In Tarsue Chiefdom, Sanquin District, the dispute between residents and the Liberia Natural Produce Incorporated (LNPI) exposes a deeper crisis, the disregard for community consent in land-use decisions. When citizens say, “Intruders must leave our land,” they are not rejecting development; they are rejecting exploitation.
Sinoe’s leaders must take a clear stand on this issue. True representation means protecting the rights of the people, not compromising them for personal or political gains. The land of Sinoe belongs first to its people, not to investors, not to government appointees, and not to a few privileged elites.
Divisive Politics and Tribal Lines
The growing perception that certain regions or clans, particularly the Sarpo areas, are being sidelined in county development is deeply troubling. Whether these accusations are political or factual, they are dangerous for Sinoe’s unity. Leadership that favors one group over another undermines not only development but peace itself.
The county’s progress depends on the ability of its leaders to rise above tribalism and personal alliances. Sinoe needs inclusive politics, not politics of exclusion.
A New Generation of Leadership
Yet amid the frustration, there are glimpses of hope. The emergence of youthful and energetic leaders, such as District #3 Representative Alex S. Noah, signals a possible generational shift. His visible projects and hands-on leadership style are refreshing reminders that politics can be about service, not slogans.
If this trend continues, if young leaders continue to prove that results speak louder than rhetoric, Sinoe’s political culture may finally be reborn.
The Way Forward
As Liberia faces mounting national challenges, inflation, unemployment, and environmental threats, Sinoe must not wait for salvation from Monrovia. The county has the resources, talent, and potential to drive its own progress.
What Sinoe needs now is leadership that listens, plans, and delivers.
Leadership that manages county funds transparently.
Leadership that protects its people’s land and dignity.
Leadership that unites, not divides.
The upcoming years must mark the end of “politics as usual” and the beginning of results-based governance.
At Parrot News Network, we stand with the people of Sinoe, not in blind criticism, but in a call for truth, accountability, and inclusive development. The time for empty speeches has passed. Sinoe deserves leaders who will not just speak for the people but work for the people.
Because at the end of the day, progress is not measured by promises, but by performance.
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