The honourable members of Parliament representing the people of Godrich and its environs, Hon. Ibrahim Kabba from the Western Area Rural District , commonly known as “Small Borbor “, on 16 August 2023 during the debate on the Motion of Thanks to His Excellency the President, Dr. Julius Maada Bio address he so graciously delivered on the Occasion of the State Opening of the First Session of the Sixth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone in the Chamber of Parliament on Thursday 3rd August 2023, commended the excellency the president for championing development for the nation , and the introduction of the big five initiatives for the development of the country .
Hon Ibrahim Kabba based his debate on the Big Five Initiatives of the Government.
On the Feed Salone Initiatives, he said in achieving the project, it would help the country reduced dependency on the importation of food into the country. He said the country have the necessary mechanisms to archive the Feed Salone project and underscored the vast agricultural land in the country.
He called on the Fisheries Ministry to always protect local fishermen because according to him, they own the waters and they’re the only ones that are providing cheap protein for the poor but always face bully from the industrial fishing boats by damaging their nets without compensation to them.
He also asked the energy ministry to take EDSA energy to the rest of the peninsula because over five years now EDSA is at the Sussex community and with EDSA in rest of the western peninsula fish will be available at any time.
The MP asked the House to use its powers to protect the land users by vegetable gardeners in the western rural because the western rural has supported the western area with vegetables during the war period.