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By all indications Sierra Leone is a naturally endowed country. Apart from priceless mineral deposits, lush vegetation, exotic fauna, marine resourses, fertile land, favorable weather and rich cultural heritage, she is also blessed with very attractive and bright children.
Conversely, unlike other underprivileged countries whose citizens can boast of better living standards, plenty Sierra Leoneans keep crying for square meal, conducive dwelling, pipe borne water, medicine, employment, cloths, education, security, justice and plenty more requirements for a dignified human living. Although certain critics blame slavery and colonialism for these appalling circumstances, some schools of thought greatly differ. Their simple reason being that Sierra Leone has just made it to 50 years post-independence; a period fairly sufficient for her own born and breed children to have lifted the country from whatever economic, social and political chasm the so-called slave merchants and colonialists might have plunged her into. (Photo: Nanette Thomas, National Coordinator and Second-in-Command, ABC Secretariat)
Comparatively, in 1961 on becoming independentSierra Leone inherited viable establishments from her colonial masters, but these institutions upon which these home-grown leaders should have sustained and improved on swiftly nosedived into mediocrity. This stirs up questions about what actually have beenSierra Leone’s sickness and the kind of antidote that must be administered to cure her.
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