ONE MINISTER REMAINS TO SIGN CONTRACT WITH PRESIDENT KOROMA

 

The Minister of Employment & Social Security, Minkailu Mansaray, is now the only one remaining in President Koroma’s cabinet to sign the management contract because he is out of Sierra Leone at the moment. As a follow-up to last week’s signing ceremony where 12 ministers signed their contracts with the President before his departure for the OIC conference in Senegal, 8 more ministers and the Director of the HIV/Aids Secretariat today continued the process at State House in the presence of Vice President Sam Sumana, Secretary to the President Sampha Koroma, members of the Strategic Planning Unit in the Office of the President, and the State House Press Corp.

 

The following ministers signed the contracts, in this order (starting at about 10:30am):

 

1. MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS & INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION – ZAINAB HAWA BANGURA

 

2. MINISTER OF FINANCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – DAVID CAREW

 

3. MINISTER OF TRANSPORT & AVIATION – KEMOH SESAY (accompanied by his deputy Alieu Pat Sowe)

                                                       

4. MINISTER OF MINERAL RESOURCES – ABU BAKARR JALLOH

 

5. MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT & RURAL DEVELOPMENT – DAUDA KAMARA (accompanied by his deputy I.B. Kalokoh)

 

6. MINISTER OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION – I.B. KARGBO (accompanied by his deputy Mohamed D. Koroma)

 

7. MINISTER OF TRADE & INDUSTRY – ALIMAMY KOROMA (accompanied by his deputy Mabinty Daramy)

 

After the ceremony, President Koroma reiterated the message of running government as a business concern, thereby making the affairs of state more transparent and accountable. He said “time is of the essence to meet the people’s expectations.” The President told his men and women that “State House will be up and about monitoring your activities to ensure that the targets are achieved. This does not however mean we will lord it over you, but it is both in your interest and in the interest of the country.” He congratulated them for signing the contracts.

 

Minister of Information & Communication I.B. Kargbo gave the vote of thanks, promising that they would continue to promote the President’s vision and strive to meet their targets.

 

19 March 2008