{"id":19362,"date":"2024-07-16T14:55:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T13:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=19362"},"modified":"2024-07-16T14:55:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T13:55:31","slug":"true-university-of-liberias-budget-didnt-cross-20-million-during-president-weahs-tenure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/true-university-of-liberias-budget-didnt-cross-20-million-during-president-weahs-tenure\/","title":{"rendered":"True! University of Liberia\u2019s budget didn\u2019t cross $20 million during President Weah\u2019s tenure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim<\/strong>: Senator Abraham Dillion, in a talk show appearance on Bushrod Radio, said during President George Weah\u2019s tenure, the University of Liberia\u2019s budget didn’t exceed $20 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verdict<\/strong>: True! Our research on the University of Liberia budget from 2018 to 2023 reveals that allocation during the six years of President George Weah didn’t cross $20M. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Text<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On July 4, 2024, Senator Abraham Dillon appeared on Radio Bushrod 98.1. His appearance on the radio was simulcast on Prime FM 105.5, Punch FM 106.7, OK FM 99.5, Joy FM 101.5, and Kool FM 91.9. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the discussion, Senator Dillon stressed that no regime allocated an adequate budget to the University of Liberia in the last 6-years, just as it is now under President Boakai’s regime. The Montserrado County Senator said the top state-owned University budget didn’t exceed $20m during the former President\u2019s tenure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor six years under the past regime, the University of Liberia budget never crossed $20 million,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Senator\u2019s appearance, also broadcast live on his official Facebook handle<\/a>, generated 720 reactions, 895 comments, and 202 shares.\u00a0 The claim can be found from the 15th minute to the 23rd minute of the conversation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement created mixed reactions in the public. Some citizens defended the Senator’s statement, while others debunked his assertion. This led DUBAWA to do a fact-check. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our fact-checker decided to research the Liberia National Budget from the Fiscal Year 2018 to 2023. We focused on this period because President George Weah reigned for six years (2018-2023). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our research shows that the budget for the University of Liberia for the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 was $16m. In Fiscal Year 2019-2020, UL got a budget of $16m, in 2020-2021 the University budget again stood at $16m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the special budget in 2021, the UL budget allocation was $7m, in the 2022 Fiscal Year it stood at $17m,  and in Fiscal Year 2023, the allocation was USD$18M. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even though the University\u2019s budget in 2023 exceeded the approved budget, the yearly allocation didn’t exceed $20m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conclusion<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to our research, no University of Liberia budget allocation between 2018 to 2023 exceeded $20M, and Senator Dillon\u2019s assertion is true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: Senator Abraham Dillion, in a talk show appearance on Bushrod Radio, said during President George Weah\u2019s tenure, the University of Liberia\u2019s budget didn’t exceed $20 million. Verdict: True! Our research on the University of Liberia budget from 2018 to 2023 reveals that allocation during the six years of President George Weah didn’t cross $20M.  Full Text  On July 4, 2024, Senator Abraham Dillon appeared on Radio Bushrod 98.1. His appearance on the radio was simulcast on Prime FM 105.5, Punch FM 106.7, OK FM 99.5, Joy FM 101.5, and Kool FM 91.9.  During the discussion, Senator Dillon stressed that no regime allocated an adequate budget to the University of Liberia in the last 6-years, just as it is now under President Boakai’s regime. The Montserrado County Senator said the top state-owned University budget didn’t exceed $20m during the former President\u2019s tenure.  \u201cFor six years under the past regime, the University of Liberia budget never crossed $20 million,\u201d he said.   The Senator\u2019s appearance, also broadcast live on his official Facebook handle, generated 720 reactions, 895 comments, and 202 shares.\u00a0 The claim can be found from the 15th minute to the 23rd minute of the conversation.\u00a0 The statement created mixed reactions in the public. Some citizens defended the Senator’s statement, while others debunked his assertion. This led DUBAWA to do a fact-check.  Verification  Our fact-checker decided to research the Liberia National Budget from the Fiscal Year 2018 to 2023. We focused on this period because President George Weah reigned for six years (2018-2023).  Our research shows that the budget for the University of Liberia for the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 was $16m. In Fiscal Year 2019-2020, UL got a budget of $16m, in 2020-2021 the University budget again stood at $16m. For the special budget in 2021, the UL budget allocation was $7m, in the 2022 Fiscal Year it stood at $17m,  and in Fiscal Year 2023, the allocation was USD$18M.  Even though the University\u2019s budget in 2023 exceeded the approved budget, the yearly allocation didn’t exceed $20m.  Conclusion  According to our research, no University of Liberia budget allocation between 2018 to 2023 exceeded $20M, and Senator Dillon\u2019s assertion is true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1571,1960,16],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[2473],"class_list":["post-19362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-liberia","category-politics"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-52i","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":2473,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"laymah-kollie","display_name":"Laymah Kollie","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e8f21bfb7f38038adda7814f321e394e07b71be6eaa313cfaeb3ba15adcf62c?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Image-of-Senator-Abraham-Darius-Dillon-Source-Facebook-Abe-Darius-Dillon-.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19364,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19362\/revisions\/19364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19362"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=19362"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=19362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}