December 10, 2021
By: B.W Bockarie
Strategic Communications Unit MIC
NaCSA, through the Sierra Leone Community Driven Development project SLCDD II ‘Gietrenk’ Project co-funded by the government of Sierra Leone and the Islamic Development Bank, has kick started what has been described by many as a bumper rice harvest in the Kholifa Mabang Chiefdom, Tonkolili District.
The Program Manager, Mr Momoh Juana, disclosed that 20,875.5 acres of Boliland were cultivated in two districts (Port Loko & Tonkolili), and that 250,000 Kilograms of seed rice and agro chemicals were supplied to the Komrabai Community, and contractors paid to rehabilitate the Boliland. He maintained that the project is to enhance support to the socio-economic livelihood of the community. Representing the NaCSA Commissioner Dr. Sao-Kpato Hannah Isata Max-Kyne, the Director of Fields Operations Madam Catherine Sillah admonished residents of Kholifa Mabang to fully participate in the harvesting process to avoid unnecessary wastage as NaCSA has played its own part. A combined harvester was procured to facilitate the harvest as it was very clear that there wasn’t enough manpower to apply the traditional method of harvesting such a huge plot of Boliland.