IPNEWS: As the world turns the page to a new year, Jefferson T. Koijee has issued a reflective and defiant New Year message, grounding his outlook for 2026 in faith, lived experience, and an uncompromising commitment to truth.
In his message titled “Happy New Year 2026,” Koijee begins by expressing gratitude to God Almighty for wisdom, grace, and mercy, noting that the passage of time has sharpened his understanding of power and injustice. Drawing from personal experience, he observes that within systems of authority, truth and falsehood often coexist. Still, it is the lie that is routinely normalized, celebrated, and institutionalized, while truth is exposed, resisted, and punished.
“Truth, however, is never erased,” Koijee reflects. “It waits to be reclaimed.”
Koijee frames oppression not as an abstract concept, but as a lived reality. He recounts what he describes as coordinated national and international efforts to dehumanize him and his family through false narratives designed to redefine his identity. According to him, this is the essence of domination: compelling the oppressed to accept the oppressor’s version of reality as truth. Liberation, he argues, begins when individuals reject that narrative and consciously name their own reality.
Invoking scripture, Koijee draws a parallel to the life of Jesus Christ, whom he describes as the ultimate embodiment of truth rejected, persecuted, and crucified for exposing injustice and hypocrisy. Truth, he notes, is disruptive by nature. It unsettles comfort, fractures false peace, and demands transformation before it delivers freedom.
Despite what he characterizes as attempts to silence and break his spirit, Koijee says his faith sustained him. He expresses gratitude that God did not abandon him during moments of profound trial, adding that both he and those who opposed him have lived to witness what he describes as God’s manifestation in his life. What was intended, he says, to suppress his voice instead became a process of critical awakening and purpose.
“What was meant to oppress,” Koijee writes, “instead clarified my purpose.”
As Liberia and the global community enter 2026, Koijee closes with a call to moral courage and conscious action. He urges individuals and institutions alike to reject internalized falsehoods and resist the comfort of oppression disguised as peace. Instead, he calls for a deliberate choice of courage over fear, truth over convenience, and faith over despair.
“Liberation,” he concludes, “begins the moment we dare to see clearly and act consciously.” By: Andrew B Weah,0770637216/0886429103. andrewbweah@gmail.com
