Armah Jallah

Who is Armah Jallah?

Armah Jallah is a Liberian politician and member of the National Party of Liberia. Senator Armah Zolu Jallah replaced Cllr. Eddington Varmah in the Senate in 1998 as Senator of Lofa County in a By elections he won by about 70%. The creation of Gbarpolu was the result of a pledged he made in the by-election to replace Eddington Varmah. He mobilized his people of Gbarmah and Bopolu Statutory Districts for this purpose. He attended both the Gbarma and Bopolu meetings that initiated plans for the creation of Gbarpolu County during the Taylor administration.

Senator Jallah was a membber of the National Patriotic Party of Liberia. He was against some of the policies of the party and government such as abuse of human rights without investigation, abuse of private property rights of. He's an advocate of social justice and utilization of political means, instead of military power, to solve arms conflicts. He specifically opposed the Strategic Commodity Bill intended to national nationalize all private rights in the country, the New Forestry Reform Law of Liberia, intended to expropriate private property rights to logging companies, supported the bill for the establishment of National Bureau of Investivation intended to bring experienced personnels in the security sector of the country, advocated for reform in the act creating the National Commission on Human Rights to comfrom to international standards, advocated for a small regulatory government with a large market economy.