Job Rush at ArcelorMittal in Buchanan

Published:  26 May, 2008

The high rate of unemployment in the country is so high to a point that wherever and whenever there is news of a vacant job, people rush wild for it. People are just desperate for employment no matter the type of job on offer. I know there is a global inflation hitting every country but Liberia is worst because our civil conflict has added salt to injury. A little over two weeks ago, I was in the port city of Buchanan to be exact near the premises of ArcelorMittal Liberia Ltd. There I observed scores of unemployed people hanging around the entrance of this company daily and as early as 6am.

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