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A BEAUTIFUL SOUL GONE TOO SOON BUT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BY US. RIP FAITH😭😭
CLASS OF 2023-2024 UMU

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𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒄𝒐𝒍 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔, 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒌𝒐𝒍𝒐'𝒔 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚, 𝑨𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑵𝒚𝒂𝒏 𝑮𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒌𝒐𝒍𝒐

The Protocol Department of the House of Representatives, together with the Gwaikolo family, is saddened to announce the protocol leading to the homegoing of the late Honorable Johnson Nyan Gwaikolo.

The arrangements are as follows:
𝖂𝖊𝖉𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖉𝖆𝖞, 𝕸𝖆𝖗𝖈𝖍 27, 2024:
• 10:00 am: The Body will be removed from Samuel Stryker Funeral Parlor.
• 10:00 am - 12:00 Noon: The Body will laid in state at the Capitol Building.
• 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Fraternal rites at the Masonic Temple.
• 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Wake keeping at Tubman Memorial United Methodist Church, Paynesville.
• 10:00 pm: Overnight wake keeping at the late Prof. Gwaikolo's home on AB Tolbert Road.

𝕿𝖍𝖚𝖗𝖘𝖉𝖆𝖞, 𝕸𝖆𝖗𝖈𝖍 28, 2024:
• 10:00 am - 2:00 pm: Funeral service at Tubman Memorial United Methodist Church, Paynesville.
• After the service: The Body will be returned to the Samuel Stryker Funeral Home preservation.

𝕱𝖗𝖎𝖉𝖆𝖞, 𝕸𝖆𝖗𝖈𝖍 29, 2024:
• 7:00 am: The Body will be removed from the Samuel Stryker Funeral Home.
• Departure for Zekepa, Nimba County, via Palala-Zoweinta B**g route through Beinghana St John Crossing Point.
• All-night wake keeping in Zekepa.

𝕾𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖞, 𝕸𝖆𝖗𝖈𝖍 30, 2024:
• Funeral and interment in Zekepa.

𝖂𝖊𝖉𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖉𝖆𝖞, 𝕬𝖕𝖗𝖎𝖑 3, 2024:
• Passover ceremony in Zekepa.
The family appreciates the support and condolences received during this challenging time. Members of the public, colleagues, and well-wishers are invited to join in paying their respects and honoring the life and service of the late Honorable Johnson Nyan Gwaikolo, from Nimba County Electoral District 9 Representative.

𝒜𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝐻𝑜𝓃𝑜𝓇𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒥𝑜𝒽𝓃𝓈𝑜𝓃 𝒩𝓎𝒶𝓃 𝒢𝓌𝒶𝒾𝓀𝑜𝓁𝑜:
Honorable Johnson N. Gwaikolo was a seasoned Administrator with vast experience in both the private and public sectors. He has the ability to develop, understand, interpret and apply public policies for efficient and effective communication at all levels with his professional colleagues, with the ability to work under pressure, with strong time management and organizational skills.

𝓟𝓻𝓲𝓿𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓢𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻 𝓔𝔁𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮:
Prior to his election as Representative for District 9, Nimba County, Hon. Gwaikolo served in various capacities in the Non-Government sector. He worked with the United Methodist University, rising from Vice President for Business and Finance to President. As the Fourth President, he was the Chief Executive Officer for the University and had the overall responsibility for the university. He provided leadership and surveillance for all aspects of the University, including academics, finance, planning, student affairs, enrollment, advancement, athletics, and other key areas. Hon. Gwaikolo worked closely with the Board of Directors to ensure that the strategic direction and policies of the university are aligned with its mission.
Under his leadership, the United Methodist established the Institutional Review Board (IRB) to govern research activities at the University.

🍒 ⋆ 🍬 🎀 𝒢𝑒𝓃𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓁 𝒢❁𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓃𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝐸𝓍𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 🎀 🍬 ⋆
In the public sector, Honorable Gwaikolo served in several government responsibilities, ranging from Executive Director for National Investment Commission to Deputy Minister for Administration at several ministries, respectively as follows: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (twice under different presidents), Ministry of Labor, and Ministry of Public Works. He supervised the division of finance, Human Resource, Security, General Services, and other related divisions; he also insures that other programs of these ministries were successfully implemented. Honorable Gwaikolo supervised the preparation of annual reports and annual budgets.
At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Honorable Gwaikolo worked with UNDP to establish the Development Diplomacy Program by which Liberian Foreign Service Officers were assigned at Liberian Diplomatic Missions to specifically pursue development initiatives.
In addition, Honorable Gwaikolo served as Deputy Minister for Revenues at the Ministry of Finance during which he directly supervised and directed the generation and collection of revenues for the government. He insured compliance of the business community with relevant provisions for the revenue and finance laws.
He designed ways by which to make compliance easy and reactivated revenue collectorates outside of Monrovia, e.g. Buchanan, Tubmanburg, after the civil war. As a Deputy Minister, he participated in ECOWAS conferences regarding regional trade cooperation and tariff harmonization among ECOWAS countries.

🎀 𝐿𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓈𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝐸𝓍𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 🎀 :
Ahead of joining the Executive Branch of Government, Honorable Gwaikolo was member of the Interim Legislative Assembly which later transitioned into the Transitional Legislative Assembly.
Honorable Johnson Gwaikolo served as Presiding Officer of the Legislative Assembly at which time he provided Administrative direction to the Body until a Speaker was designated by the appropriate Party.
Under his leadership, the structure of the Legislature was organized to reflect the unicameral nature of the Legislature.
While at the Legislature, Honorable Gwaikolo also diligently served as Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, providing oversight responsibilities for agencies implementing the foreign policy of Liberia.
He headed the delegations that represented Liberia at several Inter-Parliamentary Union Conferences in Chile, Cameroon, Denmark, Sweden, France, India, and Italy. Honorable Gwaikolo also served as chairman, Ways Means and Finance with oversight for government’s fiscal agents.
As Chair, he directed and supervised approval of the National Budget as well as mobilzed resources for the workof the National Legislature.
Honorable Gwaikolo again joined the Liberian Legislature after the October 2017 General Elections when he was elected representative, District 9, Nimba County. He is the Chairman, Committee on Education and Public Administration, and Co-Chair, Committee on Public Works.

Education
Honorable Johnson N. Gwaikolo obtained his candidacy for EdD in Inter-disciplinary Leadership (Creighton University), MA in Leadership Studies (Augsburg College), and BA in Accounting (Augsburg College).
He has written two unpublished papers: Transformational Leadership in Africa, the Case of Ghana; and Improving Higher Education in Liberia, the Role of Student Engagement.
Representative Johnson N. Gwaikolo is married with four children.

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Birthday greetings goes out to veteran Sia Saysay as she celebrates her birthday today.
Kindly mention her and say happy birthday guys.
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