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Claim: A staunch critic of the ruling Unity Party (UP) government, Wantoe Teah Wantoe has said that the government allocated about US$38 million to agriculture between 2024 and 2026.
Verdict: False! According to the 2026 national budget, the government allocated over US$ 46 million to the agriculture sector between 2024 and 2026.
Full Text
A staunch member of the main opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), Wantoe Teah Wantoe, has claimed that the ruling Unity Party (UP) government of Liberia has allocated around US$ 38 million to the agriculture sector from 2024 to 2026.
Wantoe, a fearless critic of the UP-led government, took to his Facebook page on March 6, 2026, claiming, “Between 2024 and 2026, they will manage about US$2.86 billion in national budgets. Within that period, they allocated only around US$38 million to agriculture.”
Wantoe’s post was a sharp criticism of the government’s professed interest in the agriculture sector, an industry, according to the government, that drives food security and creates more jobs for Liberians, particularly in the rural areas.
The post containing the claim generated over 200 emojis, more than 60 comments, and five shares.
DUBAWA decided to investigate this claim as part of its mandate to ensure truth-telling in public discourse.
Verification
To start with, the researcher moved straight to researching the country’s 2026-approved national budget since it was cited as the source of the claim.
According to the 2026-approved national budget (page i), the government in 2024 allocated $6,584,199 million; in 2025, US$16,745,359 million; in 2025, $9,842,228 million (recast in October); and in 2026, $13,663,843 million, totalling over $46 million.
A budget recast is the process of revising an existing budget to reflect changes in financial conditions, project needs, or priorities, rather than creating a new one.
Conclusion
Based on the available facts found in Liberia’s 2026-approved national budget, the claim that the government allocated only around $38 million to agriculture from 2024 to 2026 is false.
