Conclusion <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe deputy presidential press secretary\u2019s claim that Boakai\u2019s government has allocated more money to agriculture than the CDC did in five years combined is misleading. Although there was a significant increase in budget allocation for agriculture over the last two years under Boakai, it still falls short of the five-year allocation under President George Weah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Claim: Deputy presidential press secretary has said, President Joseph Boakai\u2019s government \u201chas put more money in the budget for agriculture in 2 years than the CDC did in 5 years combined.\u201d Verdict: Misleading. DUBAWA\u2019s analysis of the budget data shows that CDC’s total budget sum for agriculture in five years was $27,174,605, while President Boakai’s budget was $25,570,281 in two years. Full Text In July this year, Senator Amara Konneh posted about Liberia’s economic performance on Facebook. In response to Konneh\u2019s post, Deputy Presidential Press Secretary Joseph Vallai argued that President Joseph Boakai’s government has made many gains, one of which he said is the improvement of agriculture under his administration. Vallai claimed the Boakai-led government \u201chas put more money in the budget for agriculture in two years than the CDC did in five years combined.\u201d Many commenters praised his post, with some lauding the deputy press secretary for standing up to Senator Konneh. Given that agriculture is one of the pillars of President Boakai\u2019s ARREST agenda, DUBAWA verified Vallai\u2019s assertion. Verification DUBAWA checked the national budgets from 2018 to 2025, which are published by the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning. In former President George Weah’s first budget year of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), fiscal 2018\/2019, a total of $5,521,154 was budgeted for agriculture. In the 2019\/2020 budget, $5,521,154 was given to agriculture.\u00a0 By 2020\/2021, $5,521,154 was again placed in the national budget for agriculture. In 2022, $6,018,959 was given, while in 2023, $4,592,184 was given to agriculture. This shows that during the five years of the CDC\u2019s six-year tenure, from 2018 to 2023, a total of $27,174,605 was allocated to agriculture. In 2024, which is the start of President Joseph Boakai\u2019s tenure, $8,824,922 was budgeted for agriculture. Now, in the 2025 budget, President Boakai budgeted $16,745,359 for agriculture. This shows that in two years of Boakai\u2019s six-year tenure, a total of $25,570,281 was budgeted for agriculture under the Boakai-led government. Conclusion The deputy presidential press secretary\u2019s claim that Boakai\u2019s government has allocated more money to agriculture than the CDC did in five years combined is misleading. 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