SINCE LIBERIANS WERE earmarked by the Unity Party-led administration under President Joseph Nyuma Boakai about a planned acquisition of 285 pieces of earth-moving equipment for road network, and perhaps agriculture purposes in Liberia; we have consistently followed a heated debate between critics and fanatics of the regime in power.
THE DISCLOSURE OF the planned acquisition of the yellow machines under debate was part of deliberations at the regime’s 100 Days Deliverables ceremony held at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ministerial Complex in Congo Town. The ceremony was the first Cabinet Retreat of the Boakai’s administration since the inception of the Government in January 2024.
GIVING LIBERIA’S POOR road connectivity over the years, coupled with the political quest of the regime to fulfill a campaign promise of roads across the country, critics and loyalists of the administration have maintained almost equal strengths to win public support on the debate.
THIS UNFOLDING DEVELOPMENT brings us to a critical point of thematic concern, wondering whether or not something has gone wrong along the way of contact for what is assumed to be such laudable effort to get Liberia connected by roads for development purposes.
INTERESTINGLY, THE CONTROVERSY over the yellow machines’ acquisition, in our opinion, constrained President Boakai to communicate with the House of Representatives last week to clarify circumstances surrounding the planned deal.
IN HIS WORDS, no negotiation has been concluded, and not a cent has been paid by the Liberian Government towards the yellow machines, lest to mention transporting the first batch of the equipment into Liberia.
THE PRESIDENT HAS even made the lawmakers to understand that if negotiation in this regard is concluded and does not meet the expectation of both parties, the supplier has the right to either sell the equipment in Liberia to those interested, or re-ship same out of the country without any cost to the Government.
HOWEVER, CRITICS SEEM to surmise the manner and form in which the deal is being presented does not suggest any path of transparency, but a signal of ‘conflict of interest’ intended for certain people to accrue wealth at the expense of the Liberian people.
IN THE MIDST of growing uncertainties over the acquisition of the yellow machines, the biggest picture in the minds of many critics which fanatics of the regime vehemently reject is that every fundamental and very crucial step to avoiding invisible influential hands of special interest is being by-passed.
SO THEREFORE, OUR concern is, what went wrong in the initial point of negotiation for which critics and third eye are very apprehensive about Liberia acquiring a record number of earth-moving equipment under the Boakai’s era to boost the country’s road network, and perhaps agriculture activities?
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