President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has appointed Ms. Kula Bonah Nyei Fofana as Presidential Press Secretary.

The appointment made Thursday, January 25th, 2024, takes immediate effect. Ms. Fofana comes to the position with deep knowledge of public relations and communication.

Boakai was sworn on Monday as Liberia’s president after his election victory over former football star George Weah, with the challenge of tackling poverty and corruption, CEOAFRICA reports.

The 79-year-old was sworn in for a six-year term after he narrowly beat former Ballon d’Or winner Weah in November’s run-off poll with 50.64 percent of the votes to 49.36 percent.

The investiture ceremony in parliament was attended by Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo and US ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

Boakai has 40 years of political experience already behind him.

He was vice-president from 2006 to 2018 under Liberia’s first woman president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, before being soundly beaten by Weah in the 2017 election.

November’s poll in the West African country was peaceful in a region that has seen a succession of military coups in recent years in Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Niger.