As usual the brave bird has never told lies to the people that have so much respect for the wise bird that is why people love and have respect for the wise bird.
Bra Parrot is a regular reader of all newspapers in the Country to be better informed about both National and International issues and how to respond to those issues.
Not too long ago, the brave bird was reading one of the most respected newspapers in the Country, dated 24th August, 2023 called The Times-SL., the said paper was captioned “Image Laundering” as a kicker… and the lead story was captioned “Bio’s VP may Dump Salone Media for US PR Firm”.
After reading the full context of the story, the brave bird came to the conclusion that, the government of President Bio has little or no respect for Journalists in Sierra Leone.
The wise bird starts to imagine how a government can bring in foreigners to head the Information sector in or outside the Country, when the government already has the Ministry of Information, and in the Ministry there is a Strategic Unit handling sensitive areas including the seat of power State House.
According to the article in the said newspaper, the government of Sierra Leone has engaged the services of Mercury Public Affairs, a New York based public strategy firm to handle its relationship with the United States Government.
The article further stated that, according to information, a Mr. Barba Fortune, Secretary to the Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone is in talks with the American firm, Mercury Public Affairs LLC, with the aim to draw up a contract for government relations, public relations, consultancy and communications services for Sierra Leone in the United States.
The article further alleged that, the move by the government of Sierra Leone to engage the United States government through a PR firm is not unconnected to the hundreds of millions of dollars which is at risk, should the Country not respond to concerns raised about the June 24th 2023 elections.
In a situation like this, the brave bird will advise the government to just close down the Ministry of Information, the Strategic Unit in the Ministry, and also the Strategic Unit at State House because when the Mercury Public Affairs, a New York based Public strategy firm is here or in America, the Ministry of Information will be no longer important, because the contracted firm will be doing the work of the Ministry.
This is no surprise to the brave bird it is just a way to increase more suffering for the people of Sierra Leone, because the wage bill will be higher than the sky.
Before this time, the wise bird used to get the views of people in matters of national interest, but in this case the brave bird did not contact anybody because it’s in black and white.
Bra Parrot will say without hesitation that, more unemployment rate will increase because the Ministry of Information will be closed down since it has no more work to do and all the workers will be laid off.
The brave bird will welcome the new firm, by way of asking is it because President had sacked all his advisers at State House he cannot get new ones to better advise him?
Bra Parrot will say without hesitation that, the government no longer has respect for Journalists in the Country by way of bringing in a Public Relation firm to head the Information sector.