Written by KABS KANU:
The socio-economic and political developments going on in Sierra Leone leave no doubt that the initiator and executor President Ernest Bai Koromaย deserves to be highly appreciated by Sierra Leoneans, whatever their political or regional leaning. As we prepare for the 2012 Presidential Elections, one way Sierra Leoneans can demonstrate that they appreciate what President Koroma is doing for our nation is to vote himย in overwhelmingly for a second term . When a Presidentย sacrifices his time, health and wherewithal to change the face of his nation so positively as President Koroma has done within the short time he has ruled the nation, our appreciation as a people should be seen clearly and unequivocally during the elections.
PRESIDENT ERNEST KOROMA
Sierra Leoneans should give President Koroma a second term toย complete the good work he has accomplished in the country. Having demonstrated to us that he is a man of his wordsย who is busy fulfilling his campaign promises , President Koroma deserves to be given the opportunity to continue workingย for the Sierra Leonean people and developingย the nation. Even his detractors cannot help conceding the fact that in the four years he has ruled the nation, President Koroma has positively transformed the nation with his development projects covering every sphere of human endeavourโFrom electricity to water supply, to good roads, to increased agricultural output and creation of a modern nation where the quality of life of the people has been dramatically given a lift.
We have the interest of the nation at heart , unlike those who are only motivated by partisan, tribal and regional considerations . Some people have never spoken anything good about this government. They see all the magnificent developments going on but they only harp on the negative and these misguided people want to be seen as journalists. What a pity.
ย Our standpoint that President Koroma deserves a second term is inspired by the socio-economic and political developments the President has accomplished in Sierra Leone since he was democratically voted in in ย 2007. The developments are there for everybody to see. ย There are those who do not want us to say it.ย They think that they will silence us by making all kinds of salacious allegations against us and writing all manners of scurrilous articles against us.But let it be said that nothing will discourage us from speaking the truthโhighlighting the achievements of President Koroma and the All Peopleโs Congress (APC ) Government.ย If the President is doing a marvelous job, why should somebody not say it ? Many well-meaning Sierra Leoneans have gone to Sierra Leone , seen all the good things going on in the nation and reported them faithfully to the diaspora.ย This is the one ย thing that gives us the greatest incentive to continue our positive coverage of the governmentโย the plurality of consensus among Sierra Leoneans that President Koroma is doing a great job. Everybody who ges to visit Sierra Leone says the same thing we have been sayingโThat Sierra Leone is undergoing a remarkable transformation under President Koroma.
The latest person toย witness with his own eyes how well President Koroma is positively changing the face of the nation ย is Mr. Allieu Iscandari, a noted Sierra Leonean attorney who lives in California. Mr. Iscandari is presently in Sierra Leone on a visit and he has sent us a report that commends the government highly for its development projects. The interesting thing is that Allieu was writing from Bo, the heartland and stronghold of the opposition Sierra Leone Peopleโs Party ( SLPP ). The road development projects in Bo are amazing and demonstrate that President Koromaย โs choice of places he takes his development projects ย is based on the national interest, unlike the last SLPPย government which concentrated the little development it initiated in its South-Eastern regional stronghold.ย WE BRING YOU MR. ISCANDARIโS LETTER TO THE PUBLISHER OF THIS PAPER AND OTHERS, BELOW :
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I do commend the president for the development going in country. The president is the father of the nation, which means that he should enbrace all section of society. To name a few issues has not address:
Firstly, a balance in the proportion of cabinents ministers from all tribes and regions.
Secondly he should seek talents from capable citizens with proving track records to help deliver agenda for change irrespective of their political affliliations.
Thirdly the anti-corruption should not used to prosecute a selected few.
Fourthly, forieign investment in mining and other areas of the economy should benifit Sierra Leoneans in both the short and long run.
Adddressing these issues will make it easy to secure a second term
October 30, 2011 at 4:15 pm
Really what president Koroma is heading to is of very great interest for the etire nation of Sierra Leone and only the selfishly and hatred wont consider his great effort.
November 8, 2011 at 10:50 pm
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November 13, 2011 at 9:41 pm