Monrovia, Aug. 18 -- A remarkable political realignment is gaining momentum in Nimba County as influential local leaders, community figures and thousands of residents have officially joined the Citizens Movement for Change (CMC), signaling a growing confidence in the party's development agenda.

By D. Franklin Doloque

The influx includes high-profile personalities such as former Representative Larry P. Younquoi, Harrison Luo, Coordinator for the National Executive Committee, Armstrong Gogbac Selekpor, recently appointed as Advisor to the Political Leader of CMC and Madam Yar Tokpah, head of District Two Rural Women.

Their collective decision to back the relatively new but rapidly expanding political movement underscores the shifting p...