Fact-Check! Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Mr. Samuel D. Tweah, Jr, claims that 10 years ago access to electricity was around 7, 8 to 10%, adding that [in Liberia] today “we are around 43%, of urban population that has access to electricity”.

Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Mr. Samuel D. Tweah, Jr, on the Monday edition of a live radio program on Freedom FM that 10 years ago access to electricity was around 7, 8 to 10%, adding that [in Liberia] today “we are around 43%, of urban population that has access to electricity”.

Local Voices Liberia has checked and established that the claim is incorrect.

According to the World Bank data, in 2013 (10 years ago), urban population access to electricity in Liberia was at 16.4% and not 7, 8 –we 10% as claimed by Minister Tweah.

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