By Sorieba Sillah May 28th,2024.

To give up his ministerial role that he loved, and his passionate love for serving his country is hard to do, but it was necessary because of his candid decision.

But in short, it is not the agonies of losing a hard-working and patriotic man, but simply a growing agony of missing an absolutely wonderful time of service.

Honourable Mansa Kanja Sesay conducted himself with dignity and characteristic  and charismatic self-righteousness and took the decision to announce his resignation as Energy Minister in the New Direction Government of Rtd. Brigadier Julius Maada Bio even though he will be feeling less robust in his decision.

Whether you like his decision or despise him, we may not see his likes again in the modern politics of Sierra Leone.

For decades, Sierra Leone has been struggling with a sustainable energy system. The parlous state of Black-Out in the Capitol of Freetown since Post- War era became undisguisable with failure and demographic decline.

His resignation letter was a measure and generous in contrast to his Six years of service in the energy Ministry of the New Direction Government of President Rtd. Brigadier Julius Maada Bio.

Honourable Mansa Kanja Sesay has been facing a floodgate of blame and sabotage with a sorry spectacle as if he is the manufacturer of the country’s long-standing energy problem.

Paradoxically, Sierra Leoneans can see the bigger picture of our energy problem nationally due to the sheer contagion of previous regimes. Yet Mansa Kanja Sesay has been under sustained and accelerating blame since he took over the Energy Ministry and over- Shadowing his transformational achievement by leaving little trace of his half-remembered achievement.

With his tumultuous years in charge of the energy Ministry, the big question now is who will step in as the energy Minister? And if the energy crisis is never solved what will be the next?. This is a Herculean challenge for the current establishment.

After reflecting on what is best for him and his ruling SLPP Party, and having tolerated both internal dissent and vicious external criticism for his role as Minister in the energy sector, Mansa Kanja finally bid farewell to the Energy Ministry.

During his tenure as the energy Minister, Hon. Mansa Kanja Sesay consolidated a modest reinvention in the energy sector. His resignation was astoundingly patriotic with a profound act of sincerity.

He should have remained in office to complete his reinvention but due to the continued misfortune in the Energy Ministry which became a liability destined to haunt him in the Energy Ministry. Can the solution be more of the same after Mansa Kanja Sesay’s departure ?.

The next Minister whosoever replaces Hon. Mansa Kanja Sesay Will need to seek his or her own version of reset in the energy Ministry.

Will the struggle to replace Hon. Mansa Kanja Sesay’s chapter in the history of the Energy Ministry in Sierra Leone be a problem or could it be stuck on the same episode?

With the current situation in Sierra Leone, political discourse now remains on the poor energy sustainability,

Mansa Kanja ‘s decision was a telling Story rather than choosing to hang on till the bitter end . Honourable Mansa Kanja Sesay has done a great in the reinvention of the Energy Sector for his country that has had more than enough of psychodrama .

!! LONG LIVE THE PEOPLE OF SIERRA LEONE.

 !! GOD BLESS US ALL!!

BY : SORIEBA SILLAH @PSL