George Weah, We Deserve Answers!

George Weah has assembled in Monrovia some 40 foreign guests. The guests are predominantly past and present soccer stars, including some of Africa's greatest footballers: Roger Milla, Patrick Mboma, Yaya Toure and Kolo Toure, Michael Essien, Oumar Dieng,Emmanuel Adebayo, Samuel Eto'o, Didier Drogba, among others. The stars are here to grace the launch of Weah's brand of the peace and reconciliation initiative, which he intends to begin pushing around the country, across ethnic, gender, religious, social and political lines.

The stars will also participate in a peace football match to be held at the Samuel K. Doe Sports Complex in Paynesville this Saturday, June 22.

But Weah has refused to disclose the budget of this exercise. He convened a press conference yesterday at the Ministry of Information but declined responding to any inquiry centered on the budgetary allotment for this project. Here are our concerns: How much money was given to him by the government for this weekend’s peace launch? Who's responsible for the airfares of these 40 guests, including top soccer stars? At the moment, they are all lodged at one of Liberia's top-notch  resorts -- Palm Springs Casino. Who's responsible for the bills? Weah, we deserve answers!