By: Mohamed M. Sesay
The National Chairman of the Sierra Leone People’s Party Dr. Prince Alex Harding, and the Regional Chairman of the Sierra Leone People’s Party North America Desmond Pessima, have over the weekend intensified Voter Registration plea to potential voters and at the same time monitor the exercise across Kono District.
As part of his monitoring and mobilization message to Party Executive in Kono, Dr. Prince Alex Harding, made a clarion call on the executive to meet their target of voter registration. He further encouraged the Party Executive in Kono to put on robust mobilization mechanisms in order to keep the main opposition Party in a permanent opposition.
Dr. Harding unearthed that just within four years; President Bio’s New Direction Government has done remarkably well for the people of Kono District in terms of sustainable development. He particular mentioned the ultra-modern Kono University of Science and Technology which would help boost the Human Capital Development of residents across Kono District upon completion.
He encouraged the people of Kono to embrace the Sierra Leone Peoples’ Party as their own political party. Dr. Harding assured the people of Nimekoro that the Sierra Leone People’s Party symbolizes National Cohesion. He also disclosed that the Sierra Leone People’s Party is the second oldest Political Party in Africa. He concluded by encouraging the people of Kono District to go out in their numbers and register in order to re-elect President Bio come 2023.
On his Part, Chairman Pessima, the Regional Chairman of the Sierra Leone People’s Party for North America, lavished praises on the SLPP Executive in Kono District for their laudable job done in sustaining the “one country, one people” mantra. He also expressed profound thanks and appreciation to the people of Kono for sustaining the vision of President Bio.
He added that Kono is highly represented in North America as one of the Chapters in North America is headed by a Kono Descendant.
Chairman Pessima also confessed that without Kono, the SLPP would not have been in governance. He stressed the importance of Kono District to the SLPP.
He therefore, encouraged the Kono People to exceed the target given to the executive in terms of voter registration across the district. He maintained that if Kono District wants to maintain the trajectory of having more ministers and other Presidential Nominees, then Kono District has to deliver more for President Bio by registering and casting their votes for President Bio.
“If only Kono District wants to continue having more ministers, then Kono has to deliver for President Bio by re-electing him in 2023. Kono played a very important part of our victory in 2018 and we want that same spirit from Kono. So, I want to highlight some of the good things President Bio has done to put Sierra Leone on international stage. The enemies were saying that President Bio will not go to America. Now I want to announce to my Kono People that President Bio is the most respectable and most recognized President in modern history of Sierra Leone”, he said.
Ambassador Baimba Bawoh expressed delight over the tremendous moves made by Dr. Prince Alex Harding and Chairman Desmond Pessima towards mobilization and voter registration monitoring across Kono District.
He confessed that the move was timely, laudable and motivational for party supporters.
Sahr James Junisa, the Regional Secretary General allayed the fear of Dr. Prince Harding and Chairman Desmond Pessima that Kono District would exceed its target of Voter Registration.
He disclosed that Kono has got one hundred and eighty-six thousand registered voters out of two hundred and ten thousand of registered voters.
He therefore, assured the High Powered Delegation that Kono District would definitely exceed their target before the final day of voter registration.
