President Julius Maada Bio has told a congregation at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Bonthe Sherbro Island that his government will find economic activities for Bonthe Municipality that will boost its economy.

President Bio, who was speaking after a Christmas Service on 25th December, 2022, said Bonthe Sherbro Island has been neglected by previous governments.

“Since 2018, we have done lot of things to transform this municipality. We will continue to look out for economic activities that will boost this Island’s economy. We want to provide the things that will make this municipality a municipality that everybody will love to reside,” he said.

He said he was always happy to be among his people and to always spend Christmas with them.

“We are celebrating Christmas at a time that the whole world is going through economic hardship. This hardship was caused by COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine War. Things are very tough for us now but we are keeping the faith that we will soon get out of these tough times,” President Bio frankly told the congregation.

Chairperson, St. Patrick’s Parish in Bonthe Sherbro Island, Mrs. Agnes Thomas said President Bio’s regular December visit has reinvented the will of the colonial town that history forgot because of bad politics, adding that they remained indebted to President Bio for that.

“President Bio has changed the face of the municipality in a way that we never thought it would have happened in our own era. The water supply system, sea-face-wall, construction and rehabilitation of township roads, the city hall project and the power grid in Bonthe Sherbro Island have transformed the city,” she said.

She said the cash support to the aged, the appointment of some elders as Justices of the Peace (JPs), the provision of brand-new ambulances and medical supplies to the district referral hospitals, especially the Bonthe Government Hospital, have all give facelifts to the Bonthe Sherbro Island.

Mrs. Agnes Thomas said the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration Search and Rescue Centre Project is still going on in Bonthe Sherbro Island.

“We thank you for your support toward the rehabilitation of our multipurpose parish hall. It was your regular visit that inspired us to undertake that project,” she said.