Monrovia, May 6 -- Former Finance and Development Planning Minister, Samuel D. Tweah Jr., has paid an emotional tribute to his longtime confidant and former Chief of Staff, Cletus T. Noah, who died on May 3.

By Selma Lomax selma.lomax@frontpageafricaonline.com

In a statement released on Tuesday - his own 54th birthday - Tweah remembered Noah as a man of extraordinary humility, faith, and loyalty, describing him as a "kindred soul" and a "tireless force for change."

"Cletus T. Noah is dead. Bob Cle is gone. Skip is no more. Busted Bearing has ended his journey," Tweah said, invoking the nicknames they shared from their student days at the University of Liberia.

Their friendship, which began in the late 1990s during their time as stud...