Liberia: Fact Check - Liberian Youth and Sports Minister Correct About Hospitality Center Funding Source, but Incorrect About Total Negotiations

In Summary Minister of Youth and Sports Cornelia Wonkerleh Kruah has claimed that the Business and Domestic Occupational Training Center (BDOTC) was funded under the Youth Rising Phase I project. We have verified her claim and found it to be correct. However, the BDOTC was not part of the initial scope under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, as it was only added following a 2020 expansion during President George Weah's administration. Furthermore, her claim that the full €26 million project budget was negotiated under Sirleaf is misleading, given that groundwork only established an initial framework. The formal €20 million financing agreement was done in 2018, and the subsequent top-up that raised the project budget to approximately €26 million was finalized under Weah's leadership. Followi