By Africa 24 newsman
Members of Parliament on Thursday 9th May, 2024 interviewed Honourable Manso Dumbuya as the Chairman, Board of Directors of the Sierra Leone Ports and Harbours Authority.
During the interview, Manso Dumbuya said, “My nickname is top-up of the SLPP.”
Hon Manso Dumbuya will go down in history as the first Chairman of the Board of Directors of SLPHA to be vetted and approved in parliament.
Honourable Dumbuya was the then Chairman of the Sierra Leone Ports Authority who championed the cause for an giving additional mandates to the Port, which ushered it to be referred now to as the Sierra Leone Ports and Habours Authority, empowered by a new Act of Parliament which is the Sierra Leone Ports and Habours Authority Act.
The workaholic Chairman, as he was described by MPs, is the brain-behind several reforms at the por.
His marked reforms have pleased the Bio administration, rending the president to appoint him to a higher level.
In a tribute to his successes at the seaport, SLPHA Head, Media and Public Relations, Abubakarr Sesay referred to him as a ‘steadfast character’ with excellence abilities, who’ve steered SLPHA towards a new horizon, and helped fostering strategic partnerships and the implementation of innovative solutions to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the port operations.