From the onset, the challenge before the Ernest Koroma-led administration was crystal clear – knock the old house down and build a new one from the foundation up.
This is not an issue of being all over the place like a cheap suit. It is talking about a meaningful existence for the majority, not the minority of Sierra Leoneans. It is about visible and sustainable socio-economic development and infrastructure.
There’s the story of a political leader who dies and finds himself on a beautiful island in heaven. As he gazed at the splendour and majesty of the place he asks an angel: “whose island is this?” The heavenly being replies: “this is the country you were meant to create but which you never got round to doing.”
So another year has rolled by; not only in the life of the present administration but also in the very existence of the nation. It is what makes it important. It is why we need to also take time out to reflect.
Random Musings
