Jackson C. Clay Jr.
-
Fact Check
Liberia not the only eligible country to miss $1.2bn MCC grant
Claim: “All Countries that passed the MCC scorecard received hundreds of millions of dollars, except Liberia.” Verdict: False! Liberia is…
Read More » -
Liberia
Public Sector Investment not US$27million when George Weah became Liberia’s President
Claim: “We (CDC) took over from a place where they (Past Government, UP) had only US$ 27 million for public…
Read More » -
Liberia
Explainer: Tracking the law on presidential travels and Weah’s 48-days of globe-trotting
According to rule 13, Liberia’s government’s revised travel ordinance of 2016/2017, no trip out of the country should exceed more…
Read More » -
Fact Check
Misleading, inflation has not gone up in Liberia
Claim: “Under President George Weah, the inflation rate has gone up,” a TV anchor in Nigeria asserts. Verdict: Misleading! Inflation…
Read More » -
Liberia
Liberian Finance Minister’s affirmation of US$50 per bag of rice price in Sierra Leone cannot be substantiated
Claim: “The price of rice in Sierra Leone is US$50,”- Samuel Tweah Verdict: No evidence to substantiate the assertion that…
Read More » -
Country
False! Weah never promised to implement war and economic crimes court at UNGA
President George Weah told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2019 that he would have implemented the War and…
Read More » -
Liberia
False! President Weah did not win 78% of votes in 2017 election
‘I had 78% of the popular votes of the Liberian people’ – Weah According to the Liberian National Elections Commission…
Read More » -
Liberia
False! Public wage bill under former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was never 70% of total expenditure
According to Samuel Jackson, an Economist, the wage bill under the former administration ballooned to 70%, amounting to $320 million.…
Read More » -
Liberia
Explainer: The Global Magnitsky Act and Liberia’s 3 Corrupt Officials
Liberians were greeted with a report released by the US Treasury Department under the Global Magnitsky Act, sanctioning three top…
Read More » -
Liberia
Explainer: Liberia’s political jigsaw and the proliferation of violence
What was meant to be a peaceful demonstration on Liberia’s 175th Independence Day celebration turned violent after a pro-government group,…
Read More »