Claim: George S. Tengbeh, the Executive Director of Liberia Labour and Governance Alliance, alleged that during UNMIL’s stay in Liberia, all projects implemented were quick-impact projects, sponsored by NGO.
Verdict: False! Records show that the Mount Coffee Hydropower Plant project was initiated by the Liberian government.
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The Executive Director of Liberia Labour and Governance Alliance, George S. Tengbeh, claimed that during UNMIL’s stay in Liberia, all projects implemented were quick-impact projects, sponsored by NGO.
George S. Tengbeh made the claim at 23:00 during the live interview with KMTV. The live interview generated 15 likes and 43 comments as of April 20, 2026.
UNMIL and the Quick Impact Project during Sirleaf’s regime:
UNMIL stands for the United Nations Mission in Liberia. It is a peacekeeping operation established by the UN Security Council in September 2003 to support a ceasefire and peace process following the Liberian civil war. The Quick Impact Project was an initiative of the United Nations in Liberia (UNMIL) that started in 2004 to rehabilitate damaged infrastructures and support education. The project ended when the UNMIL peacekeeping mission departed Liberia in 2018, after 15 years of service.
Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was inaugurated as the 24th President of Liberia on January 16, 2006, as Africa’s first elected female head of state. During her administration from 2006 to 2018, the government of Liberia was a unitary, presidential, and democratic state.
The Sirleaf administration was focused on post-war reconstruction, economic reforms, and the stabilisation of the executive, legislative, and judiciary branches of government.
However, DUBAWA decided to conduct a fact-check of the claim as part of its mandate to counter misinformation and disinformation, and to promote truth-telling in public discourse.
Verification
Contrary to George S. Tengbeh’s claim, research on the official website of the Embassy of the Republic of Liberia in the United States shows that the Mount Coffee Hydropower Plant project was an initiative of the Liberian government.
The project was commissioned in December 2016 by former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
The government of Liberia, through the 2015/2016 fiscal budget, appropriated US$1 million towards the staff housing project at Tubman University in Maryland County.
Also in September 2015, the government of Liberia dedicated the construction of the Caldwell Bridge that connects Caldwell to Bushrod Island.
One of her last projects dedicated in January 2018 was the John G. Bestman Training Institute in Marshall City, Lower Margibi
Conclusion
Based on evidence from the official website of the Embassy of the Republic of Liberia in the United States and the Ministry of Finance on government projects, the claim made by George S. Tengbeh is false.