{"id":25221,"date":"2025-10-22T13:56:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=25221"},"modified":"2025-10-22T13:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:56:43","slug":"false-cdc-took-wage-bill-to-314-million-not-296-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/false-cdc-took-wage-bill-to-314-million-not-296-million\/","title":{"rendered":"False! CDC took wage bill to $314 million, not $296 million"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim:<\/strong> \u201cUnder CDC\u2019s leadership from FY2017\/2018 to FY2023, the wage bill moved slightly from $290 million to $296 million,\u201d an ex-official of the Weah-led government said.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Verdict: <\/strong> False. In the fiscal year 2017\/2018 budget, the actual wage bill was $307,424,614, while by FY2023, it went to $314,736,796.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full text <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

 An ex-official of the former ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), made a Facebook post<\/a> saying that the largest expansion of the wage bill happened during the Unity Party regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benedict Kolubah<\/a> said that during the Unity Party\u2019s (UP) rule between fiscal year (FY) 2013 to FY2017\/2018, the wage bill of Liberia surged from $113 million to $290 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the former assistant minister for development planning at the finance ministry, \u201cunder CDC\u2019s leadership from FY2017\/2018 to FY2023, the wage bill moved slightly from $290 million to $296 million.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that in less than two years (FY2024 \u2013FY2025) of the current ruling UP administration, the wage bill has again surged from $296 million to $316 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To promote truth in the information ecosystem, DUBAWA verified Kolubah\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA reviewed the approved national budget of Liberia, from the FY2013, up to FY2025 to verify Kolubah\u2019s assertion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The actual wage bill, which is also referred to as the compensation of employees on page ii of the 2015\/2016 national budget, the fiscal 2013\/2014 budget was $166,740,377<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of page ii<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As seen on page xxvii of the 2019\/2020 budget, by FY2017\/2018, the actual wage bill was at $307,424,614<\/a>, contrary to Kolubah\u2019s assertion that it surged from $113 million to $290 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Page xxvii<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CDC then took the wage bill from $307,424,614 in FY2017\/2018, to $314,736,796 <\/a>by fiscal year 2023, as seen on page xxiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of page xxiv<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Benedict Kolubah\u2019s claim that the wage bill moved slightly from $290 million to $296 million under the CDC administration is false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: \u201cUnder CDC\u2019s leadership from FY2017\/2018 to FY2023, the wage bill moved slightly from $290 million to $296 million,\u201d an ex-official of the Weah-led government said. Verdict:  False. In the fiscal year 2017\/2018 budget, the actual wage bill was $307,424,614, while by FY2023, it went to $314,736,796. Full text   An ex-official of the former ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), made a Facebook post saying that the largest expansion of the wage bill happened during the Unity Party regime. Benedict Kolubah said that during the Unity Party\u2019s (UP) rule between fiscal year (FY) 2013 to FY2017\/2018, the wage bill of Liberia surged from $113 million to $290 million.  According to the former assistant minister for development planning at the finance ministry, \u201cunder CDC\u2019s leadership from FY2017\/2018 to FY2023, the wage bill moved slightly from $290 million to $296 million.\u201d He added that in less than two years (FY2024 \u2013FY2025) of the current ruling UP administration, the wage bill has again surged from $296 million to $316 million. To promote truth in the information ecosystem, DUBAWA verified Kolubah\u2019s claims. Verification  DUBAWA reviewed the approved national budget of Liberia, from the FY2013, up to FY2025 to verify Kolubah\u2019s assertion.  The actual wage bill, which is also referred to as the compensation of employees on page ii of the 2015\/2016 national budget, the fiscal 2013\/2014 budget was $166,740,377. Screenshot of page ii As seen on page xxvii of the 2019\/2020 budget, by FY2017\/2018, the actual wage bill was at $307,424,614, contrary to Kolubah\u2019s assertion that it surged from $113 million to $290 million.  Page xxvii The CDC then took the wage bill from $307,424,614 in FY2017\/2018, to $314,736,796 by fiscal year 2023, as seen on page xxiv. Screenshot of page xxiv Conclusion  Benedict Kolubah\u2019s claim that the wage bill moved slightly from $290 million to $296 million under the CDC administration is false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25225,"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":[1571,4,3815,1960],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3786],"class_list":["post-25221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-featured","category-homepage","category-liberia"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-6yN","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":3786,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"gloria-wleh","display_name":"Gloria Wleh","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?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\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-22-at-1.40.22-PM.png?fit=430%2C589&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25221","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=25221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25226,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25221\/revisions\/25226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25221"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=25221"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=25221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}