Alex Cummings is Mostly Correct, US$13 Million was Allotted Agriculture Sector in the ‘Original’ National Budget

In Summary:

• ANC Political leader claimed that in the 2026 draft budget, only US$13 million was allocated to the agriculture sector despite being a major key priority on the AREST Agenda
• We fact-checked his claim and found it to be correct
• However, in the approved budget, the allocation to the agriculture sector was later increased to 14.9 million

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On April 29, the political leader of the Alternative National Congress, Alexander Cummings, claimed on the OK Morning Rush that the Government of Liberia allocated US$13 million to the agriculture sector in the original 2026 national budget.

Mr. Cummings made the statement ( at 23:33 time stamp of the live interview) while arguing that, despite agriculture being a key priority of the Joseph Boakai administration, the sector remains underfunded.

The Claim

Cummings’ exact statement: “We will invest more in agriculture, the first ‘A’ in the ARREST agenda is Agriculture, when u look at the original budget, I think they were allocated 13million in Agriculture.”

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Rating Justification

To verify this claim, we reviewed the 2026 draft national budget, which represents the government’s initial proposal. Our findings show that approximately US$13.6 million was allocated to the agriculture sector, supporting Cummings’ claim.

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We also examined the approved 2026 national budget. Our review shows that the allocation to agriculture was later increased to about US$14.9 million.

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Conclusion

Based on the review of the 2026 draft budget, we conclude that Cummings’ claim that US$13 million was allocated to agriculture in the original draft budget is mostly correct. US$13.6 million was allocated to the sector in the original 2026 budget.

However, the final approved budget reflects an increase to approximately US$14.9 million for the sector.

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