Sia Jarieu B. Morsay declares for Diamond Dealers Chair
Addressing a jam packed meeting organized by the Alluvial Diamond and Gold Miners Association (ADAGMA) at the Fachima Hall in Koidu over the weekend, the Coordinator of the ADAGMA, Mr. Komba Kanjama Suku Tamba, expressed the need to vote for one of their own women, Miss Sia Jarieu B. Morsay, for the position of Chairman of the Association.
Mr. Suku Tamba explained that Alluvial Diamond and Gold Miners Association is the parent body that is responsible to oversee the affairs of cooperative miners and the diamond dealers association in Kono district.
The meeting was comprised of the Mines Ministry, Paramount Chiefs, Chiefdoms Speakers, Chairman of the Kono District council, the Mayor of Koidu City, councilors, district women’s wing, traditional rulers, grassroots diggers and diamond mining land owners.
Mr. Komba Kanjama Suku Tamba stated that it was now time to either elect or appoint a woman to head the association.
He explained that the term of office of the outgoing Chairman, Mr. Prince Kai Saquee, has expired since seven months ago and for that reason they should now have a new Chairman for the organization.
In his comments, Mr. Tamba Amara, who is the Chairman for the Kono District Gold and Diamond Miners, maintained that this time round the diamond industry in Kono needs a woman in that position as the Chairperson. He noted by so doing the diamond industry in Kono will promote gender equality in the district.
In her remarks, the head of women’s wing in the district, Madam Matha Lewis, registered their fullest support for Miss Sia Jarieu B. Morsay to be the first female Chairperson of Diamond and Gold Dealers Association.
She noted that Miss Sia Jarieu B. Morsay, as a daughter of Kono, has donated 400 scholarships to the poor school going children and other items to petty diamond centres like DSTV and televisions for their amusement.
The female aspirant Madam Sia Jarieu B. Morsay won the fullest support for her developmental vision for the diamond industry in Kono and more especially for the people of the entire district.
On behalf of the Council of Paramount Chiefs, Chiefdom Speakers, and Section Chiefs, the Chiefdom Speaker of Gbense Chiefdom, Chief A.M. Kamanda and Sansie Queegba expressed the support of the traditional rulers for Madam Sia Jarieu B. Morsay to be elected as the first female Chairperson of the association.
In her response to the sentiments expressed about her, Miss Sia Jarieu B. Morsay stated that if she is elected as the Chairperson she will donate an X-ray machine to the Kono District Government Hospital and also provide other medical appliances for the sick.
The parents of the 400 children who benefited from her scholarships also registered their support for Miss Sia Jarieu B. Morsay to be elected as the Chairperson of the association.
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