President Bio reshuffles his cabinet , but many Sierra Leoneans are not impressed

Sierra Leoneans woke up to stunning news this morning that there has been a cabinet reshuffle in their country, where the devastating economic  situation had seen citizens clamouring  on social media day by day for such a reshuffle. President Bio, it seemed, had heard the pleas of his people at last and  provided the changes everybody had been advocating.

There was excitement and anxiety as people scrambled through their social media timelines and pages to see if it was indeed true. The news came in bits and pieces first that some  ministers have been relieved  of their posts. Then finally the Presidential Press Secretary , Yusufu Keketorma Sandy posted the full list of the reshuffle.

As soon as they had digested the list, Sierra Leoneans started complaining bitterly in the social media. The reshuffle did not go deep enough as it would have been expected. The two most criticized officials in the government–Finance Minister J.J. Saffa and Bank Governor Kelfala Kallon, whom Sierra Leoneans had been  accusing  vigorously as responsible for the economic collapse and hardship in the country–had not been affected. They had retained their jobs.  Just keeping these two officials was enough for Sierra Leoneans to conclude  that the reshuffle was another let-down by a government that has been on the ropes for its ineptitude in governance.

Another thing that annoyed Sierra Leoneans was that out of 17 appointments, there was pnly one woman, showing that the Bio Government was not serious about women’s empowerment and inclusion in governance.

Additionally, Sierra Leoneans were disappointed with President Bio for creating a new ministry–Of the Environment–when the nation already had an Environmental Protection Agency. They accused the government of  unscrupulous waste-Adding more to the wage bill, which was already was a very huge burden.

Mohamed Turay‎toTHE PATRIOTS