SLTU Equips Kenema Regional Office to Improve Service Delivery to Teachers
Sahid Bangura The Sierra Leone Teachers’ Union (SLTU) has provided essential operational equipment to its Kenema Regional Office as part of efforts to strengthen its regional structures and improve service delivery to teachers across the Eastern Region.
The equipment, handed over on Saturday under the union’s 2023–2026 Strategic Plan, is intended to address longstanding operational challenges and enhance the office’s capacity to carry out its responsibilities.
The items include 12 solar panels, a 12KVA inverter, a 15-kilowatt battery, a photocopier, printers, a scanner, a projector, a projection screen, chairs and a Bluetooth speaker.
Speaking at the handing-over ceremony, SLTU National President Ibrahim Bankapoma Kargbo said the intervention followed an assessment of the union’s regional offices conducted by the Chief Trustee to identify their operational needs and determine areas requiring support.
He used the occasion to highlight some of the union’s achievements, including a 45 per cent salary increase for teachers between 2023 and 2025, alongside the provision of medical and educational assistance, disaster relief, affordable loans and staff identification cards.
The Kenema Regional Office pledged to ensure the effective use and proper management of the equipment to improve its operations and support teachers in the region.
Meanwhile, the National Council of Head Teachers in Sierra Leone (NaCoHT) and other stakeholders raised concerns about the slow pace of establishing sub-unions in the region, calling attention to the need to strengthen the union’s structures at the local level.
Addressing concerns over allegations that he intended to divide the union into regional groups, Kargbo dismissed the claims, explaining that his call was for members to elect competent individuals to leadership positions within the union.
He reaffirmed the SLTU’s commitment to advancing teachers’ welfare, strengthening its institutional capacity and contributing to sustainable development in Sierra Leone’s education sector.