Boakai Tells Lawmakers: “We’re Opening Up This Country Together.”

Executive Mansion, Liberia At the Executive Mansion on Tuesday, President Joseph Boakai thanked lawmakers for their support after they paid him a surprise visit to discuss the arrival of the recent shipment of heavy-duty road-building equipment, including the first 137 units currently stored at the AFL Barracks in Careysburg.

The President made it clear: none of this would have been possible without the Legislature’s approval.

“It’s your support that made this happen,” Boakai told the delegation. “That’s the spirit we need in this country.”

He stressed that Liberia cannot keep repeating the same complaints about lacking basic infrastructure roads, water, electricity while doing nothing to fix it. According to him, the new machines are a direct answer to decades of inaction.

Boakai explained that the equipment rollout will be followed by the deployment of Bailey bridges, which will allow machinery to reach remote and river-locked communities.

“There are places you just can’t get to. Some areas you can’t even cross the river,” he said. “The Bailey bridges will make road construction possible.”

The President emphasized that Liberia is rich and endowed with resources, but the country cannot benefit from them without accessibility.

He said his administration has already worked out a system to ensure each county receives equipment dedicated to opening up key road networks.

Boakai also hinted at major projects ahead, including the upcoming groundbreaking of a toll, four-lane highway from St. Paul Bridge to Bo Waterside part of a broader effort to connect Mandekorma, Bopolu, and other interior regions.

“We want a country your children and grandchildren can be proud of,” he told lawmakers. “We have the potential. We just need to work together.”

He made it clear that the effort is national, not political.

“We’re not here for party we’re here for country,” Boakai said. “My door is always open. Anytime you want to meet, just come.”

The President closed by thanking the lawmakers for their cooperation and reaffirmed his commitment to opening up Liberia’s vast resources through road access.