“Freetown Was The Darkest City Under Ernest Bai Koroma” – President Bio’s Aide
Fatmata Grace Bangura Myk Berewa, Director of Communications in the Office of the President, spoke on a national TV discussion program about Sierra Leone’s past conditions and recent developments.
He compared the current administration with the government led by former President Ernest Bai Koroma.
Berewa said that during Koroma’s presidency, Sierra Leone went through its worst period in maternal health. “Sierra Leone was the worst place for a pregnant woman to give birth,” he said, referring to the country’s high maternal mortality rates at the time.
He also recalled that people were seen collecting chickens from dustbins locally known as “Bommeh” during that period. He described Freetown as the “darkest city,” noting that electricity was a scarce commodity.
Speaking about recent conditions, Berewa said that although not every child is currently in school, more children are now enrolled compared to ten years ago. He mentioned that more women are now involved in public life, holding positions in the workforce, in Parliament, and as ministers.
He said the number of pregnant women and children dying has gone down, and that this is worth recognizing.
Berewa also spoke about changes in infrastructure, saying that more roads and bridges have been built and that communities in the rural areas which previously had no electricity now have access to solar power.
This is a shame and disgraced to Mr. Berewa for these lies.
Am not too sure that this man was in this country.
This is a shameful statement.
The APC administration was very corrupt but they did far better than what your administration is doing now. You came to power, to loot the country, no development under your government. In fact you have taken us, twenty years backwards.
Your achievement will be, please take us back to where you met the country in 2018.
Shameless scroungers.
This lies are horrible and the speaker is not patriotic shame on him
This guy called myk is a big lie.
He is totally out of track
Failure, always casts blame & faults on others.
You know sometimes some of this comments are provocative to the people of this country,.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 what a shame for someone to say that,this is shameless and a stupid fool
What a shame for a patriotic Sierra Leonean to lie this kind of way.
Are you mocking the people of Sierra Leone.
It a big shame but Allah will judge you for us
We accept that Sierra Leone was the darkest city before president Koroma,but during his term of governance the country was so bright and legal hustling was in place compared to now,now Sierra Leone is the most darkest city in Africa,shame on mr.Berewa for his statement.