Monrovia, Oct. 23 -- An agreement between a Burkinabe investor and a segment of Grand Gedeh County authorities through the superintendent, Alex Grant is seemingly being greeted by serious public criticisms and could be possibly be overturned as a result of immense pressure from prominent citizens and other government authorities.

Last week, Grand Gedeh County led by Supt. Grant signed a 30-year lease agreement with Burkinabe Investor Boubou Sebu for 500 acres of cocoa farmland in the B'hai Administrative District.

As inscribed in the agreement, the investor will pay US$150,000 for the first ten years, totaling $600,000 over 30 years, all allocated to the County Development Fund.

The authorities justified that the project aims to promo...