Deputy High Commissioner plays President Koroma’s card in Liverpool
Deputy High Commissioner of the Sierra Leone High Commission in the United Kingdom has described President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma as a visionary leader whose only focus is to improve the living standard of the people of Sierra Leone. (Photo: The Deputy High Commissioner and his wife, together with information Attache Sorie Sudan Sesay and Members of Waterloo Partnership UK)
Tamba Mansa Ngegba was delivering the keynote address on Sierra Leone’s Agenda For Change at the Waterloo Partnership United Kingdom annual general meeting at the St. Edmund’s and St. Thomas’ Roman Catholic Primary School, Waterloo.
The Deputy High Commissioner highlighted some of government’s achievements over the past three years which include electricity, free health care for pregnant women and children, a safe environment for business and new Anti Corruption Commission laws which he said, had seen public servants including ministers of government implicated and prosecuted.
“When we took over the reigns of government, electricity generation was six megawatts for the entire city of Freetown and within few months of President Koroma’s rule, it was increased to 35 megawatts while the historic Bumbuna is now completed; we can also boast of one of the stringent anti corruption laws in the world,” Ngegba said amidst thunderous applause from the jam-packed hall.
The Deputy High Commissioner and his wife with children of the Great Crossby School Roman Catholic School
In what was believed to be a very impressive, astonishing and convincing speech, the Deputy High Commissioner thanked the British government and her people for the sacrifices they continue to make to Sierra Leone adding that: “the people of Sierra Leone will never forget those sacrifices in a hurry especially during those trying times of the country’s civil war.”
Ngegba conveyed a special message from His Excellency the High Commissioner Edward Mohamed Turay and thanked members of the Waterloo Partnership United Kingdom for the tremendous humanitarian assistances they continue to render to the people of Waterloo in Sierra Leone.
The Deputy High Commissioner said such assistances are a positive response to the President’s Agenda for Change.
Waterloo Partnership UK is currently supporting dozens of projects in Sierra Leone through the Waterloo Partnership Sierra Leone – from the construction of schools and bridges to health care and creating job opportunities for school drop-outs as well as assisting under-privileged women within the Waterloo community.
Meanwhile, a planned trip to Sierra Leone by the Waterloo Partnership UK has been scheduled for January next year and members of the Partnership are now calling on the High Commission to assist in facilitating their projects in Sierra Leone.
Earlier in the day, the Chair of the Waterloo Partnership UK Teresa McLaughlin welcomed guests and expressed her delight in organising such a successful programme.
Secretary of the Waterloo Partnership UK Yvonne Daley read out the report from the Trustees in which she categorically catalogued the organisation’s areas of promotion that includes health, school, infrastructure and uniform and education among others. But that was after she read out an apology on behalf of the Chairman Waterloo Partnership Sierra Leone Alieu Sesay.
Visit and Tour
The Deputy High Commissioner also visited the Great Crossby Roman Catholic Primary School – which is contributing immensely in aid on projects in Sierra Leone.
Along with his wife Nora Ngegba, Information Attaché Sorie Sudan Sesay and the Chair of the Waterloo Partnership UK, the Deputy High Commissioner was taken on a conducted tour to the entire school where the team was warmly welcomed by staff and pupils of the school.
The Deputy High Commissioner shares a joke with the school children
The Deputy High Commissioner seized the opportunity to rub shoulders with the kids when he took part in the morning school session after one of the kids provided him with a book and pencil to write.
He thanked the Head Teacher of the school Patricia Speed and Mary Carbett a senior teacher at the school who is also a member of the Waterloo Partnership UK and other staff members at the school.
Ngegba also held fruitful discussion with staff of the school and later attended the morning assembly where he was honoured with a gift on behalf of the school.
Later that day, the Deputy High Commissioner and team visited the Sacred Heart Cathedral – the school also attended by the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s wife Cherie Blair (then Cherie Booth).
Deputy High Commissioner with the school children
At the school, he held fruitful discussion with the school’s management who expressed their determination in assisting the under privileged children of Waterloo in Sierra Leone at all times.
The team also visited Sainsbury stores in Liverpool where the Deputy High Commissioner thanked the company’s management for the good work they have been doing over the years for the people of Waterloo.
The team ended their visit with a tour of historic sites in Liverpool before finally leaving for base in London.
By Sorie Sudan Sesay, Information Attache, Sierra Leone High Commission UK/NI in Liverpool
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