Liberia, July 17 -- President Joseph Boakai, has hailed the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, describing him as "an asset to Liberia" and "a gift to the nation" during the official dedication of the Agency's new permanent headquarters in Mamba Point, Monrovia.

The dedication ceremony, held Thursday, also featured the commissioning of a state-of-the-art Elemental Analyzer, a sophisticated scientific instrument expected to significantly strengthen Liberia's environmental research, testing, and monitoring capabilities while reducing dependence on foreign laboratories.

President Boakai described the completion of the EPA's permanent headquarters as a historic milestone for Lib...