By Africa 24
The deputy leader of opposition in parliament, Hon Daniel Koroma has informed members in the House of Parliament that “the $480 Million MCC money will not even go to President Julius Maada Bio’s pocket.”
He made the submissions on Tuesday 15th October 2024 when debating on the approval of the MCC agreement between the government of Sierra Leone and the United States of America.
He said the MCC money is not for a particular government or set of people but for the people of Sierra Leone.
“Only an insane persons can kick against such blessings given to us by United States,” he said.
Hon Koroma asked that if there is room for Sierra Leone to benefit from MCC again and again?
He also asked the Minister of finance on the criteria to win the MCC again and again.
Hon Daniel Koroma also claimed that the problem for many bottlenecks for the wining of the MCC is us as Sierra Leoneans.
He also highlighted the issues that are of concern in the MCC agreement which he said needed great attention.
He talked about the percentage and after the implementation of the MCC agreement he considered it as not confortable with him.
The deputy opposition leader also spoke on the unity among Sierra Leoneans and to win more MCC in the future.
Hon. Daniel Koroma President Bio knows the unknown as he secured the MCC, “we have God-given MCC, our problem is us.”
The Deputy speaker of parliament, Hon Ibrahim Tawa Conteh has applauded the non-political nature of debate on the MCC agreement.
He let’s also look at the staff strength of EGTC, stating that the dependence on IPPs is not sustainable, adding that there is nothing mentioned about Bumbuna in this agreement.
The MP from Kambia who doubles as opposition chief whip Hon. Abdul Karim KaMara (AKK) calls for cohesion and not to abuse the police force, improvement on democratic credentials, preconditions to arm twist us as citizens, what about the release of prisoners, we’ll be told.