As the Boakai-led administration nears its two-year mark,
Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung, has broken silence over one of government’s most glaring failures and job creation.
The promise of employment opportunities that dominated the Unity Party’s 2023 campaign has largely gone unfulfilled, a reality the VP Koung reluctantly acknowledged.
At the official opening of the third session of the Senate on Monday, January 11, Koung stated bluntly: “We acknowledge, with honesty and humility, that job creation remains one of our greatest national challenges.”
He however assured that “deliberate and sustained efforts are underway.”
Koung also serves as President of the Senate, attempted to put a positive spin, pointing to the full execution of the 2026 national budget, plans to expand reliable electricity, revitalize agriculture, improve infrastructure, and create a vibrant environment for private sector investment.
“The Unity Party is trending on the same path that they spent years criticizing the then governing Coalition for Democratic Change, failing to create jobs.”
Critics are already questioning the credibility of the Unity Party’s promises, if two years of governance have produced so little, what was the basis of their massive campaign pledges?
Koung tried to soften the blow, stressing that job creation cannot be done overnight, and must be built on sustainable foundations.
The hard truth is now out in the open: the Unity Party’s claims on employment were more rhetoric than reality, and Liberians are left asking how long they must wait for the promises to materialize
Source: Michael N. Baryor/Insights Liberia