Monrovia, April 29 -- As the Liberia government begins deploying the first batch of 285 newly acquired earth-moving machines to transform road maintenance nationwide, the head of the Engineering Society of Liberia is cautioning that the ambitious initiative could either revolutionize infrastructure or collapse into another costly public-sector failure if mismanaged.

By Gerald C. Koinyeneh, gerald.koinyeneh@frontpageafricaonline.com

Engr. David D. Wounuah, president of the Engineering Society of Liberia, has released a sweeping technical white paper and open letter addressed to the Yellow Machines Board of Authority (YMBOA) and the Special Presidential Project Coordinating Committee (SPPCC), arguing that the true challenge is no longer p...