By Sorieba Sillah
Why are the SLPP politicians making a fuss about the leadership scramble in the party rather than talking about the President’s flagship policy of ‘Feed Salone’?.
One of the biggest announcement ventures made by President Julius Maada Bio is the “Feed Salone” agenda which needs no backtrack but fulfillment.
This biggest announcement from the New Direction Government for such a huge agenda needs a total commitment from the president himself, his Party Politicians and the People of Sierra Leone.
For such a huge agenda not to face any teething backlash of threats, the President of the Republic needs to Step out of his travel Comfort and concentrate on his agenda legacy.
This “Feed Salone” agenda is vital to the nation and serves as a Sustainable development with a Social contract between President Julius Maada Bio and the People of Sierra Leone. With such a binding contract, President Julius Maada Bio and his Politicians need to get firm grip on the agenda and push it forward.
For his agenda to be successful, the president needs to act on it quickly and step out of his complacent and travel comfort although he will be much defensive and belligerent on such decision but yet, necessary as unproven rumours lingers within his political Party that, he may not succeed due to his frequent abroad travelling which may be the damaging cause.
President Bio should continue pushing his emotional plea to his Party Politicians, Supporters and his Country people in general for all hands on deck for his “Feed Salone” agenda to be Successful, and criticized those with the wishful demeanor of a baseless conspiracy of failure.
The Success of the “Feed Salone” agenda should be the limit of those who promote tribal, regional and partisan hatred. The “Feed Salone” agenda should be a history in the making in Sierra Leone and should be treated as a national pledge.
President Julius Maada Bio should be aware that, with his “Feed Salone” project, there is Consequential times ahead of his last tenure in Office and he should make sure that, his dream agenda for the “Feed Salone” project should be attainable and a prime Opportunity for Sierra Leonean.
With the intense leadership struggles amongst his Party Politicians who has been accused of apparent power avarice and Sabotage which risked in becoming a distraction to the New Direction Government’s vital legacy of “Feed Salone” agenda, and bent on shrinking the President’s plan in order to promote their Self-Organizing Power ambition.
This project of the “Feed Salone” agenda should be a compelling vision of President Julius Maada Bio. For the project to be successful the president needs to slow down his overseas travel so as to enlighten his party politicians about his legacy agenda who are in desperation for leadership battles, and urge them to be more normal and committed to his “Feed Salone” agenda.
President Bio’s “Feed Salone” project should not be an axiom of platitudes overshadowed by an epic struggle for Party leadership.
With the lack of Patriotism and Commitment, our politicians are rapidly fracturing our governance system and expecting president Bio to become a visionless leader. But yet, the President still exuded enthusiasm for the Success of his “Feed Salone” project, a determination that his dreary Politicians should emulate such a wonderful quality from the president himself.
The people of Sierra Leone don’t want to be governed by politicians who are selfish, unpatriotic and who cannot think critically and openly. Politicians who cannot tolerate positive views. We don’t want to be governed by politicians who wish to shut down, or even punish those who opposed or disagree with them.
The big question is why are these selfish Politicians representing Us? Do they speak truth to power? President Julius Maada Bio and his power hungry politicians should listen to this advice that, the “Feed Salone” needs a fresh mindset and should be prioritized.
If the ‘Feed Salone’ project becomes successful, then our country will be back on its feet. So everything now is based on delivery if not the blame will be on us all as a nation.
But the greatest problem now facing the President’s project of “Feed Salone” agenda is that, his own Party politicians are not ready to support and they lacked anything resembling a Coherent plan of such agenda except their own selfish dream plan of leadership ambition which is not credible to his own vision
Rtd. Brigadier Julius Maada Bio needs politicians with technocratic legalism that can help him to succeed on his project agenda. The problem in the SLPP Party has become obvious which is the leadership Scramble at the moment lacks an overarching purpose, and whose aim is to toxify the SLPP reputation.
The “Feed Salone” project is a plausible mission for President Julius Maada Bio, and he should try by all means to defy his detractors to his agenda. By so doing he will work with purpose so as not to remain adrift.
The Choice for Success is in the hands of President Bio to think whether to step out of his travel Comfort zone so as to safeguard his ‘Feed Salone’ project in his governance legacy of a competent and ethical last term of the New Direction Government.
But the big question now, does President Bio realize the big significant danger behind the failure of his “Feed Salone” agenda to the country if he doesn’t listen to the wise advice of stepping out of his travel Comfort and concentrate on his plan legacy of “Feed Salone” .
With all the hyped and triumphalism on President Bio’s “Feed Salone” project will it proved Successful? Or Can he defy the skeptics? Only one thing remains certain of the president and that is his ability to surprise, and his ethos of “Talk and Do” but only time will tell.
!! LONG LIVE THE PEOPLE OF SIERRA LEONE.
!! GOD BLESS US ALL!!
BY: SORIEBA SILLAH @PSL