The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Ibrahim Tawa Conteh, has called on MPs to applaud the Speaker on preventing politics taking over the ratification of the MCC Agreement.

He said 70% of the Electricity Generation and Transmission Cable (EGTC) Staff are on contracts.

He claimed that some of the contracted staff of EGTC are responsible for the vandalization of transformers and electricity theft when they become disgruntled.

He made the submissions on Tuesday 15th October 2024 during the debate of the MCC agreement between Sierra Leone and the United States.

He expressed dismay that the entire agreement did not mention Bumbuna. He anticipated that the agreement would be focused on developing Bumbuna.

He called on the Minister to address the concerns, including managing the huge liability of EDSA and EGTC.

Hon. Abdul Karim Kamara from Kambia District said the country’s neglect of the Bumbuna Phase Two is a very big gap for the nation’s energy generation system.

He appealed for the nation to look for more avenues for energy generation.

He emphasized that the Bumbuna Phase Two is less costly for energy generation for the nation.

He said the country had invested in energy transmission and distribution for far too long, but the problem remains the same because nothing has been done about energy generation. He called for a concerted effort to consolidate the MCC gain.

He said the nation is pegged on the MCC to fix up the country’s democratic lapses. He furthered that even the basic thing to do as government had not been done.

He concluded by calling on all and sundry to support the implementation of the MCC for the betterment of the nation.