Monrovia-Naymote Partners for Democratic Development has put the government of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai on the spotlight of fulfilling promises made to the Liberian, divulging that it has only been able to make interventions in 12 out of the 385 promises two years into office.
Naymote’s report released this week has raised fresh concerns over the pace of implementation of the government’s flagship ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development (AAID).
According to Naymote’s latest President Meter Report, its independent tracker that monitors presidential promises, the 12 completed interventions represent just 3.1 percent of the government’s monitored development commitments after 21 months of implementation, raising serious questions about how quickly the administration is translating its policy promises into tangible results for citizens.
The report shows that 213 interventions, representing 55.3 percent, are still ongoing, while 57 interventions, or 14.8 percent, have not started at all.Another 103 interventions, equivalent to 26.8 percent, could not be rated because Naymote said there was insufficient evidence to determine their implementation status.
Although the report puts overall implementation activity at 58.4 percent, Naymote cautions that the figure should not be interpreted as a completion or impact score.
The organization however says a project being activated or under implementation does not necessarily mean that it has been completed or has produced measurable benefits for Liberians.
In other words, many projects have started, but few have finished.
By pillar, Infrastructure Development emerged as the highest-performing pillar by activation rate at 67.3 percent, followed by Governance and Anti-Corruption at 63.7 percent and Environmental Sustainability at 63.3 percent.
Rule of Law recorded 60 percent, while Economic Transformation stood at 55.4 percent and Human Capital Development, which covers education, health and youth – recorded the lowest activation rate at 53.1 percent.
Naymote is particularly concerned about the 103 interventions classified as “not rated,” warning that the large number reflects a significant information and accountability gap within government.
The organization attributed the challenge to inconsistent information-sharing by public institutions, limited publication of progress reports and inadequate access to supporting implementation records.
Simply put, government is not providing enough evidence to show what it is doing. The monitoring data also shows that the number of ongoing interventions increased sharply from 165 in the 2025 assessment to 213 in 2026.
Completed interventions also increased from just three in the previous assessment to 12, suggesting some progress but leaving the overwhelming majority of the government’s commitments unfinished.
Naymote says the findings should not be viewed as evidence that the government has done nothing, describing the current situation as a development agenda with a substantial portfolio of projects still in progress.
However, the organization says the growing number of ongoing interventions now places greater pressure on the administration to demonstrate concrete results rather than simply report activities.
The central accountability question, Naymote argues, is whether the ongoing interventions will ultimately be completed on schedule, within budget and at acceptable quality, while being distributed fairly across Liberia’s 15 counties and producing measurable improvements in citizens’ lives.
The assessment covers January 2025 through September 2026 and examines 385 interventions under six strategic pillars and 52 core programs of the AAID.For President Boakai, who campaigned on rescuing Liberia and delivering tangible change, the President Meter Report is both a progress note and a warning: Starting is not finishing, and Liberians are now waiting for results, not just promises.
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