By Domingo Dargbeh
A troubling new assessment from NAYMOTE’s President Meter Report 2025, has highlighted significant delays in the implementation of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai administration’s flagship ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development.
Launched in 2025, the report indicates that only a mere 0.8 percent of the planned interventions have been completed during the Agenda’s first year.
Out of the 378 interventions outlined in the ARREST framework, only three have reached completion from January to December, 2025.
These included the construction of a 17,000-cubic-meter gasoline tank, the establishment of a modern petroleum testing laboratory, and the passage of the 2025 Liberia National Tourism Act, along with the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights.
The report further revealed that 165 interventions (43.7 percent) are currently ongoing, while many are still in their initial or preparatory stages, yielding limited measurable results. Alarmingly, 76 interventions (20.1 percent) have not yet commenced, while 134 (35.4 percent) remain unrated due to insufficient reporting from various ministries, agencies, and commissions.
NAMOTE Executive Director, , Eddie D. Jarwolo made the disclosure at a news conference on Tuesday, January 13, 2026 in Monrovia. Jarwolo said, the report highlighted ongoing transparency and coordination issues within government institutions.
The ARREST Agenda, an acronym for Agriculture, Roads, Rule of Law, Education, Sanitation and Tourism, serves as the principal five-year development strategy for the Boakai administration, outlining national priorities from 2024 to 2029.
Its objectives include stimulating economic growth, enhancing infrastructure, fortifying governance systems, and improving public service delivery.
The President Meter Report 2025 was produced under Naymote’s Democracy Advancement Program, with support from the Embassy of Sweden and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
Despite the ambitious goals of the ARREST Agenda, NAYMOTE warns that the current implementation pace is alarmingly inadequate.
It suggested that to meet the Agenda’s targets, government would need to complete over 93 interventions each yea; a performance level that starkly contrasts with the achievements of 2025.
The report identifies key factors contributing to the sluggish progress, including inadequate planning, challenges in resource mobilization, coordination failures, and a significant transparency deficit due to inconsistent reporting practices among government entities.
As the ARREST Agenda enters its second year, NAYMOTE has meanwhile urged the Boakai administration to expedite the delivery of interventions, enhance monitoring and evaluation systems and bolster public accountability.
NAMOTE underscores the importance of those measures to fulfill the Agenda’s promise of fostering inclusive national development for all Liberians.