The United People for African Congress, UPAC has appointed Ambassador Macdella Cooper as the Continental Vice President for Africa.
By Augustine Bill Kollie-www.augustinekollie87@yahoo.com
UPAC is a non-profit Organization based in Washington, DC. UAS, which advocates for the rights of fellow African nationals in the country, to empower them and increase public acknowledgement and respect.
In a statement issued in Abuja, Nigeria Tuesday, signed by UPAC President and CEO Dr. Sylvester Okere, Ambassador Cooper will facilitate the opportunity for Diaspora and Millennial participation on Political and economic development, good governance, unity, and equal opportunity in Africa.
Dr. Okere said in the statement said madam Cooper’s ascendency to become UPAC’s continental Vice president for Africa was due to her displayed political leadership, a strong advocate for community engagement and tireless philanthropic work in Africa and the United States.
The statement detail that as Continental Vice President for Africa, Macdella Cooper will put together forums with continent leaders, business executives, non-profit organizations and foreign missions.
Macdella Cooper served as the only female presidential candidate in the 2017 elections on the ticket of the Liberia Restoration Party obtaining zero percent.
Cooper is known to many as “Liberia’s Angel”, was born in Monrovia, Liberia, in 1977. Raised in a Family of comfortable means, Cooper’s life changed with the first Liberian Civil War in 1990.