The newly elected Member of Parliament for Cluster 3, Bo district, formerly constituency 080 has vowed to prioritize women’s development in her locality.

Madam Beatrice Maaya Kangbai Macavory made this pronouncement at Bemkay’s Entertainment Spot Tikonko town, Bo district in an event which marked the official thanksgiving ceremony for her election as Member of Parliament in Bo district.

She is voted under the ticket of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) in the June 2023 multitier elections.

The SLPP lawmaker said, she intended to go in into mainstream politics in her bid to transforming the lives of women in Bo district and beyond, adding that she had had a vision of promoting women’s development.

“Years back, I noticed that when girls and boys undertook co-education (that’s they sit and schooled together in the same school) the boys often distract the teenage girls with sexual and romantic advances thereby impregnating the ladies. In my response to the prevalence of the ugly situation in our community, I built a junior secondary school exclusively for girls in Tikonko town in a bid to prevent the male pupils from not distracting the teenage girls” she explained.

She added that the school has produced multiples of students who are offering distinct courses across tertiary institutions in the country.

Speaking on her intent of organizing the thanksgiving ceremony, the lawmaker said, the event geared towards extending her deepest gratification to God and the people of Tikonko chiefdom and the environs for making her one of the lawmakers in Bo district.

“I want to extend my appreciation to President Julius Maada Bio, supporters and party executives of SLPP Bo district, delegates and residents of cluster 3 and other well-wishers for the confidence they unanimously reposed on my personality to representing them as Member of Parliament for Bo district”

Resident Minister South, Mohamed E. Alie, who doubles as the Chairman for SLPP Bo district said the thanksgiving ceremony showcased a testament of Honorable Beatrice Kangbai Macavory’s appreciation and commitment to the SLPP and the people of Bo district. He called on other lawmakers to emulate the thanksgiving strides undertaken by the lawmaker.

“Honorable Kangbai is one of the few MPs who deemed it fit to thank the SLPP party and the people who voted for her party so that she could become a parliamentarian” the Resident Minister said.

“Some politicians only come to the grassroots when they want to assume political office.  They lack the courtesy of extending appreciation to the people who voted them to become what they are in society today,” he said.

Meanwhile, Honorable Beatrice Maaya Kangbai Macavory who is the wife of the former Paramount Chief and Member of Parliament in Bo district, Professor Joe Kangbai Macavory (IV) of Tikonko chiefdom has become the first wife of a PC to become an MP in Sierra Leone.