Monrovia, October 28, 2025… Labour Minister Cllr. Cooper W. Kruah, Sr. says he looks forward to seeing the renegotiated contract between the Management of Liberia Agriculture Company (LAC) and the Liberian Government elevating Liberian staff to senior managerial positions.
The Labour Minister stressed that doing so will help management save the cost of hiring foreign experts and enable Liberians to run the affairs of the company, after the eventual departure of foreign managers.
Minister Kruah made the statement when the senior Management team of LAC, on October 28, paid him a courtesy call for a briefing on the ongoing renegotiation of their new investment portfolio with the Liberian Government.
He emphasized that the Government, through the Ministry of Labour, was fully committed to encouraging investment to empower its citizenry, in support of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s “ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development (AAID).
The Labour Minister then called on the company to ensure the recruitment of more female staff, adding that the Government prioritizes gender equality as the bedrock of national growth and development.
Minister Kruah outlined a series of initiatives by his administration, including the launch of the Occupational Health and Safety Program and the LiberiaWorks Platform, aimed at protecting workers and job seekers in making career decisions.
He further informed the visiting LAC Delegation of the ministry’s recent decision to increase the annual fees of the Alien Work Permit.
Minister Kruah also called on the LAC management to develop a new model of transporting liters by workers from station to another, in a bid to reduce the physical burden they face.
He expressed his Ministry’s preparedness to work with the LAC Management in promoting a decent work environment.
Earlier, LAC General Manager and Head of Agronomy at the Company’s foreign board, based in Switzerland, Regis Helsmoortel, informed the Labour Minister of his entity’s willingness to provide more opportunities to Liberian staff, but cautioned them to take advantage of the opportunities with enthusiasm.
The LAC Executive added that: “it is better to recruit from within”, adding that several Liberian staff have been elevated to strategic senior managerial positions, with some currently deployed at LAC facilities in Sierra Leone, Ghana, Cameroon and Nigeria.
Mr. Helsmootel disclosed that as of this year, the company has recruited a little over ninety Liberian workers, bringing the present local staff to three thousand three hundred, with just eleven expatriate employees.
Meanwhile, the Labour Minister has disclosed the resumption of his nationwide assessment tour of major investment and business entities shortly, commencing with the Liberia Agricultural Company (LAC), based in Grand Bassa County.
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