{"id":88050,"date":"2026-02-21T19:20:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T19:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/ul-gets-additional-6m-for-renovation"},"modified":"2026-02-21T19:59:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T19:59:36","slug":"ul-gets-additional-6m-for-renovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/ul-gets-additional-6m-for-renovation","title":{"rendered":"UL Gets Additional $6M for Renovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>After years of neglect and deteriorating infrastructure, the Government of Liberia has allocated an additional $6 million to the University of Liberia\u2019s $40 million budget for the renovation and rehabilitation of its buildings.<\/p>\n<p>This decision follows repeated protests by the Student Unification Party, which has long called for improvements to the university\u2019s facilities. In recent incidents, students were seen in live videos painting campus buildings and sharply criticizing the university president for failing to address the poor conditions.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Minister of Information Jerolick M. Piah announced on Thursday, February 19, that the government is committed to improving the university\u2019s infrastructure. He stated that the $6 million supplement is specifically earmarked for the refurbishment and rehabilitation of university facilities, in addition to the existing $40 million budget.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Piah emphasized that while the exact start date for renovations will be determined by university authorities, the government\u2019s intention is clear: to ensure that the University of Liberia\u2019s buildings are restored and maintained to a high standard.<\/p>\n<p>He further noted that the government recognizes the pressing need for these improvements and that the extra funding demonstrates a commitment to supporting Liberia\u2019s premier institution of higher learning as it strives to deliver quality education to its students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Liberia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. After years of neglect and deteriorating infrastructure, the Government of Liberia has allocated an additional $6 million to the University of Liberia\u2019s $40 million budget for the renovation and rehabilitation of its buildings. This decision follows repeated protests by the Student Unification Party, which has long called for improvements to the university\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":88049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[234],"class_list":["post-88050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-liberia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UL Gets Additional $6M for Renovation - Liberia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After years of neglect and deteriorating infrastructure, the Government of Liberia has allocated an additional $6 millio ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/ul-gets-additional-6m-for-renovation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UL Gets Additional $6M for Renovation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After years of neglect and deteriorating infrastructure, the Government of Liberia has allocated an additional $6 millio ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/ul-gets-additional-6m-for-renovation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Liberia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-21T19:20:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-21T19:59:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2026\/02\/sm_1771691148.025178.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/ul-gets-additional-6m-for-renovation#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/ul-gets-additional-6m-for-renovation\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"UL Gets Additional $6M for Renovation\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-21T19:20:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-21T19:59:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/ul-gets-additional-6m-for-renovation\"},\"wordCount\":223,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/ul-gets-additional-6m-for-renovation#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2026\/02\/sm_1771691148.025178.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Liberia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/ul-gets-additional-6m-for-renovation#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/ul-gets-additional-6m-for-renovation\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/ul-gets-additional-6m-for-renovation\",\"name\":\"UL Gets Additional $6M for Renovation - 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