By Kruah ThompsonMonrovia, January 29, 2026: The Government of Liberia is facing growing difficulty defending President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s claim that his administration has created 70,000 jobs, following widespread public skepticism from opposition figures. They insist that unemployment remains widespread and that the government has failed to clearly demonstrate how the figures were derived. The administration maintains that the jobs were created through multiple public and private sector interventions. Over the past several days, the government has attempted to justify the claim by releasing data on employment by sector and contributions from development partners. As debate intensifies, analysts say the administration faces mounting pressure to publish a detailed, independently verifiable breakdown of the 70,000 jobs claim, as public confidence in the pronouncement continues to waver