The arrival to Monrovia, of the first consignment of the much-pronounced yellow machines, is being greeted by both joyful noise on the one hand and bellowing criticism on the other.
While critics, mainly from the opposition Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), are on the one the hand calling the procurement of those earth moving instruments as “mere waste of financial resources,” a vast majority of the Liberian development-oriented conscious-minded people deem it necessary, proper and befitting given that those machines would be used to open farm to market roads throughout the length and breadth of the country as was the case during the presidency of the stained President William R. Tolbert.
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai and senior government officials, joyfully galloped to the Freeport of Monrovia on Monday, February 23, 2026, to greet and welcome home the equipment, including bulldozers, motor graders, excavators, trucks and many other categories.
Across the country, the equipment are intended to open farm-to-market roads, repair damaged laterite roads, and prepare surfaces for asphalt paving; something which is seen as huge for Liberia, because during rainy season, many roads become nearly impassable.
While we too appreciate this gesture, we think these machines would only see their intended purpose only when the spirit of national loyalty is applied, and when the mind is set to truly revolutionize the entire nation as opposed to using them only for political reasons.
Those machines will certainly turn black and lose their original yellow colors if, and when the usual “carefree Liberian mentality” is applied wherein no one cares about the future generation; no one cares about what benefits the nation except what benefits one’s own pockets financially.
It is not the yellow colors of the machines that matters, rather it is the suitable yellow vision in terms of progressive attitudes to ensure the practicality of the assigned mission that matters.
We urge the president to ensure that political influence be deleted from the role of the yellow machines, and that those found attempting to insert their own political interest be discouraged.
Well Done JNB/JKK!!