Liberia: Piah Defends Govt’s Job Creation Claims

Information Minister Jerolinmek Matthew Piah has strongly defended the Government of Liberia’s job creation record, challenging critics to verify official statistics and questioning claims by others who, according to him, reported creating millions of jobs in a country with a population of fewer than five million people.

Speaking Thursday, Minister Piah said it was surprising that Liberians did not question claims by some individuals who alleged they had created 27 million jobs, a figure he…