Claim: A steward of the former ruling Weah’s administration asserts that his government did up to 85% of the Ganta to Saclapea road.
Verdict: Misleading. Data from the Ministry of Public Works and the World Bank show that less than 85% of the roads were completed by the end of George Weah’s administration.
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The Chief of Staff in the office of former President George Weah has called on the Boakai administration to give credit to the Weah administration for the construction of portions of the road leading from Nimba to Grand Gedeh County.
According to Eugene Nagbe, the evidence is there that they conceived the idea of constructing the road, found the funding for it and did the actual initial civil work before leaving power.
He claimed that about 85% of the Ganta-to-Saclepea corridor had already been completed before the Weah administration left office.
Nagbe can be heard from 57:32 to 57:51 of a live talk show on Spoon FM.
To promote truth in the information ecosystem, DUBAWA verified the chief of staff’s assertion.
Verification
In her January 18, 2024, exit press conference, the former minister of the Ministry of Public Works outlined the status of the Ganta-to-Saclapea corridor.
As of the last day of December 2023, just 22 days before the Weah government left office, Ruth Collins said about 20 kilometres of the 39-kilometre Ganta to Saclapea road was asphalt.
This represents about 51% of the road being done by the Weah government, contrary to Eugene Nagbe’s 85% assertion.
Collins can be heard from 13:17 to 14:35 in her press engagement.
The World Bank, which Ruth Collins named as one of the funders of the Ganta to Saclapea road, also reported in June 2025 that only 48% of the corridor had been completed.
Conclusion
Eugene Nagbe’s claim, therefore, that the Weah administration did up to 85% of the Ganta to Saclepea road, is misleading.