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Freetown | 18th Dec. 2020 Opening Courtesies... Mr. President, it is the season of Christmas and that time of the year when we get to socially interact with you. It is also that time of the year when as little boys we used to go around the community singing carols and playing funny games. But the world has changed, and that tradition is slowly fading. Yet, even during this COVID pandemic which has prescribed a "new normal" in the way we live, dress, and work, we have seen how Mr. President has arranged his choir men and women to sing to us carols of their achievements, packaged in well-designed project albums under different record labels. In this 2020, dubbed ‘the year of accelerated delivery’ by the Government’s Strategic Communications Unit, - the leading Choir group - our President has launched some 30 project albums ranging from Social Investment Fund and Insurance Scheme for Health Workers to Sexual Offences Model Court and Garbage Trucks. In the last three months alon...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson The 2019 UNDP Human Development Index (HDI) puts Sierra Leone in the low human development category—positioning the country at 182 out of 189 countries and territories.   This means that a bulk of the population live below the poverty belt despite efforts made by successive governments to transform the lives of citizens for the better.  The lack of basic infrastructure such as electricity, clean water supply, health care, schools, roads, housing, sanitation, income generating facilities, etc. have negatively impacted the lives of many Sierra Leoneans especially those in rural communities. Findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as stated in paragraph 249 that: “Even before the start of the civil war, public service delivery had ground to a halt in much of the country.  The war devastated public infrastructure and almost totally emasculated government’s ability to deliver service to the people. Most Sierra Leoneans do not have access to clean w...