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Sometimes, in my quiet moments, I do ask myself: “What’s the real purpose of politics or governance?
The answer that comes to mind is to improve the lives of citizens through the implementation of sustainable social projects like improved road network, providing quality healthcare services, supporting food security drive, provision of potable water and energy supply.
Disappointingly, the two major political parties that have ruled this country 63 years after independence have done very little or nothing to address challenges like poor road network, energy glitch, poverty, hunger, economic disparities and more for our people.
Sierra Leoneans are not expecting much from politicians. All they need is to better their lives through the national coffer- which is their bonafide entitlement as citizens.
Governments in and out have awfully failed the people of Sierra Leone, especially those in rural communities! They have failed to adhere to their bogus manifestos in addressing the felt needs of citizens.
The only period our people can feel the ambience of politics is election peak – where rogue politicians would traverse the length and breath of abandoned and rejected communities propagating their dubious and fictitious campaign messages.
The abandoned and rejected Makama Road is a key route hosting the regional hospital in the north of the country. Also, the country’s social security and insurance entity is located on this same highway.
Most times, patients accessing this road, especially pregnant women and lactating mothers, find it hard to go through the bumpy, muddy potholes in accessing this health facility.
For countries with a national agenda, CONTINUITY, especially for the completion of mega social projects, is a watchword.
The dilapidated Makama Road would have been completed if our Sierra Leone is among countries with a national agenda or goal.
What we are witnessing now is politics of hate, tribalism and regionalism- which have culminated to what can be described as ” WE Vs. THEM”.
A good road network offers several benefits that can positively impact a country’s economy, social life, and overall development.
No wonder why as a country, we are still not a competitor to foreign trade or foreign direct investment. The magnets (good road network, energy, etc.) to attract economic growth and development are abysmally dysfunctional.
Overall, good road infrastructure serves as the backbone for economic and social progress.
Therefore, our politicians have to see the bigger picture- which is Sierra Leone’s sustainable development. Party politics is not only primordial but unsustainably unproductive.
