The President Dr. Julius Maada Bio made a promise to the people of Sierra Leone that he will address the bread and butter menace in the country by bringing in an investor from neighboring Guinea to construct a super model bakery to ease hunger and starvation of the people.
President Dr. Julius Maada Bio made this pronouncement just after he assumed the throne of Presidency in which he blasted the past government for leading the people into hunger and starvation stating that “Tolongbo nor go sidom yah, angry boku.” But much to the disappointment of the general citizenry hunger and starvation are rife in President Bio’s government compared to the erstwhile government.
During President Dr. Julius Maada Bio pronouncement for the construction of a super model bakery he ascertained that the project will create a youthful employment of up to more than 5,000 youth in the country.
The Minister of Trade and Industry Dr. Edward Hinga Sandy in his statement told the people of Wellington and it environs that, the bakery project will benefit them greatly by creating massive employment for the community people.
The New Direction administration is now five year in power and since President Bio made the pronouncement of a state of the art bakery hunger and starvation are soaring on a daily basis as four out of five Sierra Leoneans can only afford one square meal per day as the balance is history. Desperate youths who were very optimistic about the commencement of the project have once again been disappointed by the President speech. The construction of the bakery could have created high employment scale for the citizens specifically the Wellington people and its neighboring environments.
The pronouncement made by President Dr. Julius Maada Bio is now a white elephant project therefore creating a doubt in the people’s mind on the “Tok-en-Do” Presidency while people are losing confidence in President Bio’s speech.
The Minister of Trade and Industry Dr. Edward Hinga Sandy stated that the construction of the project will take up to six month but from all indications, it is almost five year now in power they have not even turned the sod for the construction of the bakery, when will production start.
According to Dr. Edward Hinga Sandy, he said the coming of the bakery will ease and reduce the burden of importation on flour which he said will drastically reduce the cost of a bag of flour, but the current price for a bag of flour is almost higher than a loaf of bread sold at Le 10,000 plus.
The state of the art super model bakery could have eased the bread and butter issue that was propelled by the Chief Minister Jacob Jusu Saffa who promised the people of this nation that they will make sure that nobody goes to bed with an empty belly.
President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has also ascertained that his government has completed 99% of his manifesto and the bakery project is an addition or bonus for the people of this country.