President George Weah’s administration has often celebrated paving kilometers of community roads as one of its major achievements since taking office. In fact, in his Annual Message to the National Legislature, the president touted the completion of the Doe Community and Chugbor roads as a reflection of his dedication to infrastructure.
Failure to Enforce Traffic Law Contributing to High Accident Rate
At a time when the World Health Organization has labeled Liberia as having the second-worst rate of road traffic deaths in sub-Saharan Africa, the country’s officials appear to not be doing enough to address the public health crisis.
Liberia Loses US$1,000 for Every Highway Accident
While the human cost of accidents is familiar to most, there is another cost that Liberian taxpayers bear after every accident – the cost of cleaning up and restoring the roadway.