{"id":457270,"date":"2018-01-22T13:39:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T13:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/22\/ex-footballer-weah-sworn-in-as-liberias-president\/"},"modified":"2018-01-22T13:39:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T13:39:25","slug":"ex-footballer-weah-sworn-in-as-liberias-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/22\/ex-footballer-weah-sworn-in-as-liberias-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-footballer Weah sworn in as Liberia&#8217;s president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-282029\">\n<div class=\"post-header post-tp-1-header\">\n<div class=\"single-featured\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WEAH-LIBERIA-624x430.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix single-post-content\">\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-top bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1 bsac-hide-on-phone bsac-hide-on-tablet-portrait bsac-hide-on-tablet-landscape bsac-hide-on-desktop\">\n<div id=\"bsac-277964-394471713\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image  bsac-hide-on-desktop bsac-hide-on-tablet-portrait bsac-hide-on-tablet-landscape bsac-hide-on-phone\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"277964\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/top-banner-web-renault.jpg\" alt=\"Renault\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>George Weah has begun his presidency with a rousing call to all Liberians \u2013 promising to do \u201cmore than his share\u201d in advancing the country.<\/p>\n<p>However, he warned he was unable to do it alone.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Samuel Doe Stadium in the capital, Monrovia, he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"lx-stream-post-quote lx-stream-post-quote--default\">\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__body\">\n<p>I will do more than my fair share to meet you expectations \u2013 but I ask you to meet mine, for I cannot do this alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__cite gel-brevier gel-brevier-bold\"><cite class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__cite-name\"\/><\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr Weah also used his inaugural speech to praise Liberia\u2019s strong ties with countries like the US and China, stressing their importance in helping reach the country\u2019s full potential.<\/p>\n<p>He also spoke of the European Union, telling the tens of thousands who had gathered to watch him become president today that the continent would \u201calways have a special place in my heart\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Weah played football at clubs in France and the UK during the late 1980s and 1990s, becoming the first African to win the coveted Fifa World Player of the Year and Ballon d\u2019Or.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-bottom bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-268363-1656763239\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"268363\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Telesol-new-ad.jpg\" alt=\"Homepage Header Ad\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); 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