As the country’s15 political subdivisions or counties head for mid-term senatorial elections later this year, Foreign Minister, Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has called for tolerance and harmony  among the voting populace.

According to a Foreign Ministry release, Foreign Minister Ngafuan who served as the keynote speaker at the pre-induction ceremony of the Nimba County Community College (NCCC)  stated that as the political temperature rise as sons and daughters of each of the 15 counties jockey for influence and power, “My advice to our citizens across the fifteen political sub-divisions of our country, especially to the great people of Nimba, is that these senatorial races are contests among brothers and sisters and ultimately one member of the family will emerge as winner.  It will be tragic if the family, or the respective counties, were to split asunder as a result of these elections”, Minister Ngafuan advised.

He noted that the senatorial races will test the level and depth of unity, reconciliation, and tolerance in the various counties and that all Liberians need to pre-commit to keeping these races mature and civil, respecting the rights and the divergent views and perspectives of others as the country advances.

Calling for a post-electoral united Liberia, Minister Ngafuan added: “In the final analysis when the elections are over, we would want to see a united and stronger Nimba, a united and stronger Bong, Lofa, Grand Gedeh, Sinoe County; a united and stronger Liberia”

The Liberian Foreign Minister then thanked the President, administrators, and faculty community college for transforming ordinary young men and women at the community college into extra-ordinary contributors to the forward march of the county and the country.

The NCCC, resulting from a 2010 national legislation, has increased its student enrollment to over 1,200 and was officially dedicated by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf during the country’s official observance of its 163^rd Independence Anniversary held in Nimba County.