Liberia, April 28 -- Liberia has urged African leaders and regional institutions to treat road infrastructure as a continental emergency, warning that Africa's prosperity depends on deliberate investment in transport connectivity.The appeal was made by Mrs. Joseta Neufville-Wento, Head of the National Road Fund, who represented Liberia at the 11th Edition of the Africa Road Builders Conference in Abidjan.

Speaking on behalf of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, she emphasized that roads are central to Liberia's national development agenda."President Boakai's development agenda is clear, roads are not secondary investments; they are central to economic transformation," Mrs. Wento told delegates.

She noted that Liberia is strengthening financ...