The Deputy Vice President of West Africa in the Department of Compact Operations in the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Jonathan Blooms, has commended the stride of the Sierra Leone Government to have qualified for the compact development, even though they could not be voted on to qualify for the grant now.

According to the Dpt. Vice president, the selection of the country since out of 140 countries they only chose 20 countries and Sierra Leone is among them this is reflective of the effort the country has made to qualify.

https://awoko.org/2013/12/19/sierra-leone-news-dep-mcc-vp-commends-salone/