May 27, 2016 By Alusine Sesay
In a rather strenuous way to project government’s weekly activities, Minister of Information and Communications, Mohamed Bangura, has jokingly referred to the simultaneous implementation of road projects across the country as ‘wan pot.’
Mohamed Bangura has not been showing up for the ministry’s weekly press briefing since he was appointed Minister of Information and Communications, but was yesterday in attendance and did not disappoint in his usual mode of speaking.
Citing the commissioning of the EU sponsored Bo-Bandajuma road and the Mabang Bridge projects over the weekend by President Ernest Bai Koroma, the minister said “All projects are being implemented simultaneously and we refer to such in krio as ‘wan pot.’ The Bo-Bandajuma road was partly tarred by the APC under the leadership of Siaka Stevens and it is the APC again that is trying to make it better.”
The construction of the Bo-Banjuma road is a European Union funded project that runs to the tune of $33.54m. The financing agreement of the project was signed on Friday, 11 March, 2016 as part of a strategic partnership between the African Development Bank and the European Union.
The Mabang Bridge collapsed in 2015 and is yet to be constructed, with people having to use wooden boats to cross the river to their destinations in the Moyamba District.
The European Union approved Le241 for the construction of the Moyamba road, Magbale and Mabang Bridges respectively.
In his usual way of trivialising issues, Bangura said the current APC government should be named ‘munku’s bus pan road,’ in an apparent attempt to aim a swipe at popular musician Emerson Bockarie’s hit song ‘Munku bos pa matches’ which parodies corrupt politicians who go on a buying spree.
Bangura said the ruling party should be given ‘more time of 42 years’ in order to transform the country into a paradise.