Archives for Opinion
No Brilliance is required in Law ; just Common Sense
Published On Sunday, May 19, 2013. Under: Lead Story, Opinion.
By Abdulai Mansaray : The City of Freetown woke up to the Operation WID a few months ago, much to the joy of many commuters. According to SLRTA, in conjunction with the Freetown City Council and other partners, “Operation WID” was meant to rid the central area of Freetown and its environs of “clutter”. The [...]
Mineral Wealth Opening Doors for National Development
About the company The AML is a mineral exploration and Development Company with significant interest in Sierra Leone. AML has been exploring the Tonkolili District deposit in the Sula Mountains range in Sierra Leone for the last seven years and in 2009...
Sarah Bendu: Concentrate On Your Job!
To buttress the fact that Dr. Bendu did nothing wrong in her handling the procurement of two tow trucks and other equipment for use by the Authority in its Operation WID activities was the Authority’s Procurement Officer, Victor Labor. He stated that six firms had shown interest and that a special committee was appointed to evaluate the bidding documents and that minutes of the process were sent to the National Public Procurement Authority (NPPA) for scrutiny. He added that nothing was amiss and that the NPPA were satisfied that the bidding process was transparent.
Minkailu Mansaray: This is for you!
The examples abound! We have had British, American, Italian, African and the latest an Indian investor who have been duped of cash and other valuables by unscrupulous Sierra Leoneans. However, it is like people never learn from the mistakes of others. ...
What Happened to Chivalry?
Published On Monday, April 29, 2013. Under: Opinion.
By Prince Kanikongo, Harare, Zimbabwe. "He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain." Douglas William Jerrold. Chivalry is a code of conduct for men, ideals, principles and standards of lineage passed down from generation to generation. It is about courtesy, dignity, integrity, honour, respect, love and understanding. A chivalrous man is any man who is dignified in his conduct, in his speech, in his (...)
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Opinion
Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma Talks to Global African Media!
Published On Sunday, April 28, 2013. Under: Lead Story, Opinion.
GLOBAL AFRICAN MEDIA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ALLISON SMITH INFO@GLOBALAFRICANMEDIA.COM (203) 223-0717 Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma Talks to Global African Media! Washington, DC – April 26, 2013. In an effort to mark the 52nd anniversary of Sierra Leone’s Independence on April 27, Kwame “Cumalé” Fitzjohn, host of Global African Media’s “Conversations with [...]
FSU Central Police: Why?
Our information is that a boy James Gbla who recently returned from abroad had his passport taken from him for safe keeping by a man presently in Australia and who has been contacted and confirmed that he has James Gbla’s passport in his position which he would return to him as soon as he returns anytime now.
However, even though FSU personnel had thoroughly investigated the matter and were satisfied that Mrs. Faith Khan had no case to answer, the Director FSU, Mrs. Catherine Green-Nichols thought otherwise.
FSU Central Police: Why?
Our information is that a boy James Gbla who recently returned from abroad had his passport taken from him for safe keeping by a man presently in Australia and who has been contacted and confirmed that he has James Gbla’s passport in his position which he would return to him as soon as he returns anytime now.
However, even though FSU personnel had thoroughly investigated the matter and were satisfied that Mrs. Faith Khan had no case to answer, the Director FSU, Mrs. Catherine Green-Nichols thought otherwise.
Reckless drivers must be tamed!!!
However, Sierra Leoneans are of the belief that the Road Transport Authority had long instituted a system where every driver who is to be given a driving license must face a practical test before it is issued him. I am a firm believer in the fact that ...
The Simple And Plain Truth!
Another straight and plain truth is the fact that the APC-led government of President Ernest Bai Koroma looks or seems determined to improve the lives of all Sierra Leoneans irrespective of tribe, religion or political affiliation.
Finally, the other plain and simple truth is that the APC and the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) do not see eye to eye. Tell me that I am wrong, and I shall tell you the history of politics in Kenya!!!
Information & Communication Ministry: A Mirage of its Self
However, we wish to keep this article very short as the name of the column implies by saying that Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo is one man in a million who has proven to Sierra Leoneans and the rest of the world that he can be relied upon as a man of his w...
Musa Kargbo; Bastion of APC
However, it should be stated that it was not the meticulous planning alone by MS Kargbo that was solely responsible for the successful conduct of the conventions. Coordination and collaboration too were also responsible. It takes tact, planning and sou...
Sierra Leone Airport Authority is stimulating economic growth and fostering country’s drive to prosperity
Published On Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Under: Lead Story, Opinion.
By John Baimba Sesay-China I watched SLBC TV on Tuesday, 9th April and heard the Lands Minister, Hon. Musa Tarawallie talk about plans by government to transform Lungi into Sierra Leone’s commercial city. This is encouraging news, given its strategic location especially from the viewpoint of trade. Sierra Leone’s development growth has been reflective in [...]
Annie Walsh Memorial School: My Two Cents’ Worth
Published On Sunday, March 24, 2013. Under: Opinion.
By Dr. Hassan Sisay, USA. Recently, “feathers” were ruffled and lots of alumni of the above illustrious institution were understandably upset over the rumor that the location of their alma mater might be converted by the government into a market place or vehicle parking area to serve the Freetown metropolis. There was an outpouring of opposition worldwide to what many considered as a blatant attempt to desecrate the location of their former school. Accordingly, I hereby propose (...)
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Opinion
The Growing Gap of Poverty Vs the Agenda for Prosperity
What the President should do now into establish an excellent system of Primary Health Care for the welfare of the citizenry. At the same time, we are conscious of the severe difficulties the Health sector is experiencing with regards to personnel shortage and inadequate infrastructure.
Information/Press Attaches Must Step Up or Step Out!
When we say that as far as we are concerned; the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) is on record for recruiting ordinary Sierra Leoneans; and even paying salaries of our Information Attaches or Press Attaches from Tax Payers money in the form of the Consolidated Fund and other funds; it is our wish and hope that our gatherers and appointees to our diplomatic missions abroad comply with the norm; ‘fait accompli.’
It is therefore our submission that Information Attaches; or call them Press Attaches are really of no significance.
The ‘Snubbing’ of VP Sam Sumana
Whether this is true or not, only the two gentlemen can say. However, it is not unreasonable to say, had this talk not been true, then definitely, such rumors would be totally false, and would have been debunked by the Vice President himself. They say ...
Hon. Moiwai Momoh states case against Balogun Koroma
Hon. Moiwai Momoh
C/o House of Parliament
Tower Hill
Freetown
4th March, 2013
The Clerk of Parliament
House Of Parliament
Tower Hill
Freetown
Dear Sir,
Re: No Apology, No Retraction To Leonard Balogun Koroma’s Letter dated 27th February 2013
Background to landing of ACE Fibre in Sierra Leone
We had already lost on other fibre landing systems; including SAT therefore the ACE programme gave us an opportunity to land the submarine fibre in Sierra Leone in government efforts to modernize telecommunications in Sierra Leone. The journey from con...
The Mythical Being Called ‘Street Trader’
Published On Wednesday, February 13, 2013. Under: Lead Story, Opinion.
By Mohamed Sankoh (One Drop) : One horrible fact which every so-called civilized and educated Sierra Leonean should come to terms with is: Even if the current All People’s Congress (APC) government builds forty shopping plazas in Freetown alone, with each to accommodate half-a-million traders, there will still be street trading in and around the [...]
Cracks Begin To Show In The APC!!!
This is not good for the party; nor is it good for the country’s development because the Agenda for Prosperity has not yet even started, and we have civil servants, ministers and other government officials abandoning their offices to attend secret meetings on choosing or supporting a particular flag bearer candidate for 2017.
This is a very dangerous precedent because it is not only undermining the president’s Agenda for Prosperity, it would also lead to destabilization of all government programmes and policies.
Making Politics Clear
Published On Monday, February 11, 2013. Under: Opinion.
By Titus Boye-Thompson, Freetown, Sierra Leone. African political systems have a commonality that escapes those who are not all too familiar with the tenets of the Continent's social and economic dynamic. Politics in Africa is based to a large extent on privilege. It is the type of privilege that your nexus to the political machinery can give and not such that can be usurped. For in attempting to usurp such a privilege, there is always the tendency to meet a comeuppance unbecoming. (...)
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Opinion
Samura Kamara & Edmund Koroma, Please Resign…
We have a Ministry of Finance and Economic Development headed by Dr. Samura Matthew Kamara as Minister (now Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation) and Mr. Edmund Koroma the Financial Secretary of several years standing.
Samura Kamara & Edmund Koroma, Please Resign…
We have a Ministry of Finance and Economic Development headed by Dr. Samura Matthew Kamara as Minister (now Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation) and Mr. Edmund Koroma the Financial Secretary of several years standing.
Operation ‘WID’ must ‘WEED’ corrupt Civil Servants alike… Sierra Leoneans Await to See Our Parliamentarians’Action On The 2011 Auditor General’s Report
Commenting on the very, very belated 2011 Auditor General’s Report, a distinguished Sierra Leonean Chartered Accountant had this to say: “Let us for any reasons accept the belated Auditor General’s Report; what is of sole concern and significance here is how the Parliament, our Parliament, is going to be seen to treat this 2011Auditor General’s Report; is our very Honorable Parliament going to be seen to treat this 2011 Auditor General’s Report with the DIRE and AUSTERE treatment it very much rightly deserves and see to it that those very unpatriotic Economic saboteurs receive the due and
Monkey Nor Dae Lef Im Black Han!!!
The Petty Traders defiance of the ORDERS of the Freetown City Council regarding where to SELL and where NOT TO SELL within the central business district became more evident during the regime of erstwhile President, Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, which commenc...
President Koroma: The jewel of the international community
Published On Tuesday, January 29, 2013. Under: Lead Story, Opinion.
By: Alhaji Jalloh : Since the post-independence era, Sierra Leone has had the unfortunate situation of having some unpatriotic government functionaries that were only bent on milking the country’s natural resources dry through mismanagement and outright corruption that went unchecked. Some of these functionaries amassed ill-gotten wealth at the detriment of impoverished Sierra Leoneans. Erstwhile [...]
Information/Press Attaches; of What Significance?
When we say that as far as we are concerned; the issue of appointing and paying the salaries of Information or Press Attaches at our respective diplomatic missions and/or embassies abroad has been more of a burden on the country, rather than a blessing...