Bumbuna residents cry over Bumbuna light!
Residents of Bumbuna Town in the northern part of Sierra Leone, Tonkolili District have expressed dismay over the long-awaited Bumbuna hydro-electric dam. It could be recalled that this project has taken three consecutive decades for it to come into existence. Now that the first phase of the project has been completed, hopes were high that the blanket of darkness that has hovered over the country for a very long time would have suddenly dispersed. However, as wishes were not horses, this hopeful dream has never come to past as residents of Bumbuna Town are still fumbling in absolute darkness.
The conspicuous irony in the Bumbuna situation is just enough to say that the people of Bumbuna of township are living by the side of the river and wash their hands with spittle. As the coming into existence of the all celebrated Bumbuna light has not benefited them by all indications.
In a “Good Morning Salone†Radio show programme on 98.1, indigenes, born and bred of Bumbuna town have expressed their grievances and utter dismay that they have not been benefiting from the regular supply of electricity. Impeccable reports coming out of Bumbuna town intimated to Sierra Express Media that Bumbuna Township, the source where the light is coming from cannot boast of light, except for the area where the dam is located.
According to one Aminata Kamara, a resident of Bumbuna town, it is really heart-rending for Bumbuna town and its immediate environs not to have light, while they are sitting in the midst of plenty of light. She further lamented that when they were coming up as young people, their expectation of the Bumbuna light was high and upon completion of the project they were anticipating that life in Bumbuna would be buoyant; but today, all that long awaited dream and hope have been shattered.
Residents of Bumbuna town are getting frustrated on a daily basis over the complete absence of light. Thus, they are calling on Government through the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources to come to their aid before they started looking at the APC regime with contempt.
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This is the endemic problem that I have come to realize with our leaders. Take the Delta State in Nigeria where the nation’s oil and the world’s eighth largest oil supply is coming from. It is one of the poorest states in Nigeria as if our leaders don’t have eyes to see and brains to understand. Go to the slums in Kroo-Bay which is just a stone throw from the CBD. A strong Government will just take a bulldozer and clear the filth in a day. However, the filth lingers–even when they travel to other countries and see how beautiful and clean these countries are. WHAT A SHAME!
I am however hopeful that our current president will take care of the situation sooner or later.
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