By: Problyn J Alpha
Alleged blame game between the Koidu New Sembehun City Council (KNSCC) and the Sierra Leone Motor Drivers and General Transport Workers Union Kono branch has almost turned the main konomanyi lorry Park to a dustbin .This is as a result of the two institutions shifting the responsibility of not taking good care of the said park to each other, despite the aforementioned institutions do collect monies from people especially traders and drivers for the use of the park. The main Konomanyi lorry park which is not only meant for the parking and takeoff of commercial vehicles but also a place that hosts a trade fare locally called ” Lumoh” on Mondays of recent has allegedly turned into a dustbin because of little or no proper care being taking by the koidu New Sembehun City Council and the Sierra Leone Motor Drivers and General Transport Workers Union kono branch despite both of the said institutions do generate revenue from the use of the park in question. It could be recalled that efforts by this medium in its previous publication to know who actually is charged with the responsibility of taking good care of the main konomanyi lorry park has proved futile or a blame game between the koidu New Sembehun City Council and the Sierra Leone Motor Drivers and General Transport Workers Union kono branch. Meanwhile, senior health practitioners who have been closely observing the present condition of the main konomanyi lorry park have urged the concerned authorities or institutions to do the needful as the present condition of the said park is more of a dustbin and a breeding ground for mosquitos which will cause health challenge to people living in the immediate environs of the main konomanyi lorry park in koidu City. The senior health practitioners who spoke to A-Z on the issue further maintained that the health implications of the present condition of the park in question cannot be overemphasized as it doesn’t only serve as a breeding ground for mosquitoes but also the mechanical transmission of different diseases by flies,rats and cockroaches .Rumours making the rounds state that owing to the alleged negligence of the koidu New Sembehun City Council and the Motor Drivers and General Transport Workers Union kono branch to take proper care of the main konomanyi lorry park, the park has become the centre of commercial sexual activities and the intake of harmful drugs especially kush which has ravaged and still ravaging the human resource of the country thereby undermining the human capital development of agenda of president Julius Maada Bio.