"They are both coming to mainstream politics with clean slates and their slates would never carry the word corruption. This is why they would both summon up courage to look at corruption in the face, shame and strangle it. What makes them able to face corruption is that they are both financially strong. They both own businesses that would never allow them to experience biting poverty. So why should they want to condone corrupt public figures and corruption in its entirety?"
By John Wyse, Freetown.
First of all I would like to say this:
The All People’s Congress is clearly marked out as the only party in our 46 years of independence to appoint three sons of the East as vice president. It is good to recall that Sama Banya was from Kailahun District, J B Dauda from Kenema District and now Sahr Sam-Sumana is from Kono district.
The people of Kono District therefore have a great responsibility to ensure an APC victory. The APC party has always thrown some light on the east. The Dodo Dam in Kenema district was no accident.
The APC knew the east from where the sun rises was in complete darkness; thus Dodo was established. To show how the party meant well for all, it ensured that the south also benefited. The cacao show and the James International transportation company were designed to boost agriculture and enhance the marketing of produce. Unfortunately, the first two, Banyah and Dauda have turned their backs to the source of light to face the Palm tree. How absurd. What is even more absurd is the fact that the party, inspite of all that has happened, has picked up courage to choose another Vice President from the east. This only shows how vendetta is never in the books of the APC.
The APC party does not wish to see a north-south Nigeria type of politics to gain roots in this country if peace unity and development are our heartfelt and honest goals.
This brings me to the topical issue about the Ernest and Sahr commonalities that I want to highlight here.
Sahr in Kono means the first male child. In Ernest’s lineage, he is the third child, but the first male in the family. This means traditionally they have been destined to provide leadership first, at family level which they have carried out with great accomplishments.
They are both coming to mainstream politics with clean slates and their slates would never carry the word corruption. This is why they would both summon up courage to look at corruption in the face, shame and strangle it. What makes them able to face corruption is that they are both financially strong. They both own businesses that would never allow them to experience biting poverty. So why should they want to condone corrupt public figures and corruption in its entirety?
They are the only competent pair that can give this country a facelift in the private sector on which this country depends for economic recovery. They are able to empathize with both the micro and macro sectors of our languishing economy; not withstanding the deceptive figures from the Bank of Sierra Leone. They know for instance that a robust energy sector with an output of between 500-700 megawatts can take us to full scale industrial level. They are resolved to ensure that produce leaving this country are given an added value. The strains and stresses experienced by the business sector are all part of their experiences; they would therefore never turn a blind eye to the plight of investors, business people and the common trader who are merely scraping for a living.
The youths are a cohort that is about 60% of our population who can no longer be ignored. They possess tremendous energy that must be tapped for economic productivity. Never again must they be allowed to lie fallow in our communities. Thus the needs of the youth can only be better addressed by a youthful leadership such as the one Ernest and Sahr have for this nation. The youth are therefore advised to vote wisely for a winning team that would make their future bright and prosperous.
Photo: APC Deputy leader Sam-Sumana
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