The Wise Bird jumped sky-high when he received a press release from government authorities, announcing new prices of rice per bags.

From the look of things, it seems the New Year has brought in new changes in to the system that is for a press release to be sent to the Wise Bird.

The release is dated 6th January, 2025 and this shows that; the bird is now in the good books of the government.

The release shows how the staple food (rice) should be sold to the public and it official cost effective 7th January, 2025 and 14th February 2025 respectively.

The official cost of rice is now Nle 840 per 50kg bag and the wholesale cost will be reduced later to Nle 799 per 50kg bag according to the release.

It further states that, at the meeting senior stakeholders including the Chief Minister, Ministers of Finance, Agriculture and Food Security, Trade and Industry, Majority Leader in Parliament and major rice importers in the country were all present at the meeting.

The most respected animal did not understand the formula government representatives were talking about.

So he went out to speak to people to make it more reasonable to him, because if a bag of rice is Nle 840 wholesale, how much will it cost by the time it gets up to Bo, Kenema, Makeni, Portloko, Kambia and up to Kailuhun?

The brave bird stands to be corrected.

The bird has not seen any improvement in the area of the staple food (rice), it is just the same old story.

The most respected Statesman (the bird) went out to sound the views of people on the present situation of the rice in the country, and all those the bird contacted hold the same views by saying that it is just the same old story.

A bag of rice before now was between Le 840, 850 up to a million Leones and so it is just the same said in a different way, the people said loudly.

In very strong terms, the people said the struggle continues unabated for a 50kg of rice to still stand at Nle 840.

What beats the imagination of the brave bird is that, the leader of the main opposition APC party was at the meeting where this uncalled for decision was taken, that is, for a 50kg of rice to stand at Nle 840 to the detriment of the poor people.

The question is, what will the main opposition APC party, tell the people of this country that will make them happy a 50kg of rice was between Nle 840 up to million Leones is still just the same thing.

The bird is just thinking aloud and making a case for the people of Sierra Leone and it is not making a case for the APC or for any politician.