New Georgia Township Residents Blast Commissioner Patience Binda Over Alleged Neglect, Corruption, and Collapsing Public Services
BY: Rufus Divine Brooks Jr.
MONROVIA – Aggrieved residents of New Georgia Township are accusing Township Commissioner Patience Binda of presiding over a leadership vacuum marked by mounting garbage, unchecked insecurity, and alleged corruption, nearly 18 months after her nomination by President Joseph Boakai.
Binda was nominated by President Boakai on December 18, 2024, with expectations that she would restore order and accelerate development in one of Montserrado’s most populous townships.
Instead, residents say her administration has gone silent while conditions on the ground deteriorate.
Speaking to KMTV Liberia on Wednesday, residents across Chocolate City, Battery Factory, and SOS Transit described a township where heaps of uncollected waste clog drains ahead of the rainy season, armed gangs rob citizens in broad daylight, and local officials are nowhere to be found.
The most consistent complaint is the collapse of waste management.
Residents say garbage piles have become breeding grounds for disease and flooding, with no visible intervention from the township office.
Security has worsened alongside the sanitation crisis.
Locals report gangs of six to seven men, armed with machetes and knives, operating openly and robbing residents during the day.
Attempts to get the Liberia National Police to respond, they say, have yielded little, with some alleging collusion between officers and the criminals.
“The commissioner should be our link to government, but we don’t see her.
When there’s a problem, we call and no one answers,” said a community leader in Chocolate City B, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.
Community leaders further accuse Binda and township employees of failing to account for revenue-sharing funds meant for local development while allegedly collecting substantial payments from billboard owners and businesses operating in the township.
Residents claim township staff have been extorting money under the guise of removing billboards and closing shops and stores, without receipts or accountability.
“They are silent on development but loud when it comes to collecting money,” one resident said.
Meanwhile, the concerns were echoed during Finance Minister Augustine Ngafuan’s county tour in May 2026.
Traditional leaders from Montserrado, including those representing communities near New Georgia, urged faster implementation of the revenue-sharing law, arguing that delays are starving townships of funds for infrastructure and security.
New Georgia Township, with an estimated 66,000 residents across 11 communities, sits in the heart of Montserrado-13 and borders central Monrovia.
Its strategic location makes it critical for urban planning, but residents say poor coordination between Binda’s office, the Monrovia City Corporation, and national government has left roads unpaved, drains uncleaned, and policing ineffective.
Frustrated by what they call a “do-nothing administration,” residents are now demanding a public performance review of the township leadership or the appointment of a commissioner who is responsive and accountable.
