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Subject: It Is Time for a National Infrastructure Plan Beyond Party Mandates
Your Excellency,
ADNews-Monrovia,Liberia:With profound respect I present my compliments and write not as a critic, but as a young Liberian deeply concerned about the direction of our nation’s development. I am Joshua Bless Lincoln, a Youth Empowerment Advocate and the proud son of a charcoal seller, whose humble background continually reminds me that greatness can rise from simplicity when vision meets purpose.
Your Excellency, I am inspired by the example of our West African neighbor, Ghana, which recently launched its Ghana Infrastructure Plan (2018–2057), a 40-year framework designed to guide the country’s growth and transformation. This plan is not a partisan document; it is a national vision that transcends politics and focuses on sustainable development, inclusivity, and balanced regional growth. This, Your Excellency, is precisely what Liberia needs at this defining moment in our history. For too long, our national development has been governed by party manifestos rather than a shared national vision. Every new administration begins afresh, abandoning the projects and policies of the past. The result is a cycle of unfinished roads, inconsistent infrastructure development, and lost opportunities for growth.
I believe the time has come for Liberia to adopt a National Infrastructure and Development Master Plan (2025–2055), a long-term strategy that will serve as the blueprint for national transformation regardless of who occupies the Executive Mansion.
Such a plan would:
Establish a unified roadmap to guide both present and future administrations toward a common national goal.
Attract long-term investment by giving local and international investors confidence in policy stability and continuity.
Generate thousands of decent jobs through large-scale, coordinated infrastructure projects in roads, energy, water, housing, agriculture, and ICT.
Reduce regional inequality by promoting balanced development across all fifteen counties.
Strengthen institutional capacity for transparency, efficiency, and accountable resource management.
Your Excellency, true leadership is not measured by the length of a term, but by the legacy it leaves behind. Liberia’s progress should not depend on political timelines, but on a sustained national vision that unites every citizen under one developmental purpose. Let us rise above the politics of transition and embrace the politics of transformation. Let us build a national plan, not a party plan, one that secures the future of our children and repositions Liberia as a model of visionary leadership in Africa.
Respectfully yours,
Joshua Bless Lincoln
Youth Empowerment Advocate
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