The Wise Bird is not as inquisitive as people may passive the animal to be, some even say the bird talks too much, others even say a great talkative is a great liar, but not with Wise Bird.
Only that, the bird is very quick to notice certain things especially things of national interests.
It is no secret that, Traffic Police Officers have been criticized on a daily bases not only in Sierra Leone, but the world over, because of their behaviours towards the drivers and by extension the general public. SO that was more the reason the traffic lights were brought into play to ease the number of criticisms against the traffic police officers.
Say what you may, traffic police officers are very important on the roads but if the number of police officers is reduced on the streets it is also very important so that they will be assigned to other important places, and they will be replaced by the traffic lights, and that also rings a bell.
But the Wise Bird has noticed of late that, the traffic lights are just furniture to only decorate the streets of Freetown; they do not serve the purpose for which they are meant for.
When the ferry junction road was under construction, it was as if the traffic lights will automatically be put on operation. But immediately the road was completed, if it was really done in fact, and to the dismay of the general public since the road was partly completed the traffic lights are just there as furniture on the streets-they are not working as were expected to be.
The scenario at Ferry Junction and Lodge (Kingharman Road Junction) is the same in all the other places where traffic lights are hung in the city.
The problem the Wise Bird has with governments of whatever type is called or in power, whenever they want to gain political points they will rush in doing certain things without them been completed at the right time.
In other countries, traffic police officers are not easily seen on the streets. They are only seen on the streets when an accident occurs but in normal situation there is no way. But here in Sierra Leone, traffic police officers are seen at almost every corner of the streets to the disadvantage of drivers.
The question is when will the traffic lights start to operate in full as expected by the general public? The government should stop playing polities on some sensitive areas.
As usual the Wise Bird always wants to get the views of other people and so the bird went out to sound the views of people, and to get their reactions on some sensitive national issues.
All those the bird came in contact with are in full support for the traffic lights to be operational at all costs because according to them, the traffic lights do not take bribes but traffic police officers always take bribes to discomfort drivers on the roads/streets.
Others said the question of traffic congestion in the city will be reduced because many a time, the traffic police officers are responsible for traffic congestion in the city by stopping drivers unnecessarily; let the traffic police officers only come in when an accident occurs in certain areas, they suggested.
Traffic lights are not only necessary but very important especially for school-going children.
The Wise Bird will continue to monitor the situation to the letter.