Liberia politically owns itself and all projects implemented by any or all political actors geared at setting a better and viable stage for today and future generations.
The projects, including road connectivity, and all other initiatives that tend to improve the living conditions of the Liberian people are undoubtedly owned by the state and its people.
Power is a political project managed by politically hired or employed politicians to fulfill the dreams and visions of the vast majority who own power as well as the state.
Hence, all power users at the level of the nation’s executive, legislature and judiciary branches are under the compelling obligation to serve the needs of the people while sitting upon the throne.
No politician owns the state privately. The state and its inherent power belong to the people whose democratic legitimacy can never be overturned by any group or groups of individuals entrusted with the state.
State power places no one, irrespective of background, over and above the state and its people. State power only makes all users of power the servants of the state and obliged to perform the required functions consistent with the needs of the people who truly own it.
From the inception of the nation since gaining dependence in 1847, men employed by the state at the level of the presidency took projects at several levels of national life.
These projects were not privately implemented or owned. The projects including roads construction, hospitals, schools, amongst others, were implemented by tax payers dollars, and not by the financial strength of anyone’s pockets.
Projects implemented under a given administration either through tax papers money or donor funded, are not projects privately implemented by any sitting administration.
Tubman undertook several projects during his twenty-seven-year rule, including the construction of the Executive Mansion, Capitol building, etc. Tolbert also under took several projects, including the construction of farm to market roads just to name a few, while Samuel K. Doe undertook several other projects, including the construction of the soldier barracks, the SKD Sport Complex, amongst others. Taylor and Sirleaf equally undertook projects, while George Weah also undertook projects during his six years terms.
Joseph Nyumah Boakia, the sitting president, is under taking projects, some of which, include the completion of projects launched by the administration of George Weah. Projects completion is mandated by the ‘doctrine of continuity’ as far as the running of government is concerned.
In government where one administration stops, it is where another administration begins. Government is like the airplane, which has one principal pilot, and assisted by the co-pilot; this also applies to the ship, which has one principal captain, and one assistant captain.
We lay the basis to say that no one administration has the right to declare ownership of projects, which act as servant of the people.
In order words, all projects are owned by the people of Liberia be they finished or ongoing ones.