After several Months since
the reinstitution of the regular Monthly First Saturday cleaning exercise that
is observed nationwide as instituted by the President of the Republic of Sierra
Leone, His Excellency Retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio, Bombali District
Council’s (BDC) Information Education and Communications Officer (IEC) Alusine
Bangura has raised eyebrows on the councils successes and challenges faced so
far.
Mr. Bangura made this
revelation to Northern Times in an exclusive interview few days after the cleaning exercise for the Month of July, he described the just concluded
general cleaning exercise in the Bombali District as a very successful one
noting that there was huge citizens turnouts and participation in the whole
process despite it was raining cats an dog at some point in time. Before now,
this has been one amongst the many challenges that has been poised to the
council but the inclusion on the monitoring and the entire process of the
Republic of Sierra Leone Arm Forces, the Sierra Leone Police, Media Houses,
Youth groups, and other stakeholders within the district has been of help in
curbing this abnormality from some residents of the District.
As I speak, the Environment
and Social Officer (ESO), has confirmed to us at a stakeholders meeting that there
are no more illegal dumpsites within and around the Peri-Urbarn areas of the
District as it used to be in previous Months, an accomplishment that was
gingered up by our Chief Administrator: Mr. Bockarie Bournie with support from
Staff of the council Bangura Emphasized.
The Bombali District Council
IEC further explained that despite the little delay that occurred at the NP
fuel station in the early hours of the cleaning exercise, which was as a result
of the shift of the our sister council MCC from its previous suppliers to ours
on that very day, the stakeholders through the council leadership were able to
maintain a balance that paved way for one hour extension in the process in
ensuring that all waste that was piled on that day was duly collected and
deposited at the dumpsite.
So in a whole, I want to
commend the people of Bombali District and its environs for their cooperation
in the cleaning exercise a spirit I wish they could replicate soon in paying
their Taxes and Dues to the council, for these home source revenues backed up
with government grants and collaboration with partners.
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