Sierra Leone’s Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Dr Memunatu Pratt’s intervention has changed the face of Levuma Beach.
She paid an on-the-spot visit to the Levuma community beach where she applauded the laudable beach cleaning initiative by philanthropist Mohamed Billy Musa.
The purpose of the Minister’s visit was to ascertain the level of beach cleaning exercise that was pioneered by Mohamed Billy Musa who has taken it upon himself to pay youths of the community to clean the beach, a stride that is aimed at complementing the Ministry’s effort in ensuring that the beaches are kept clean at all times.
The Minister was greeted and welcomed by the Chief, Headman and jubilant youths who appreciated her strides in the development of the sector.
In her statements, Dr Pratt applauded Philanthropist Musa for his desire and thoughtfulness in complementing the Ministry’s effort in embarking on the cleaning of Levuma Beach.
She said Levuma Beach is a critical infrastructure and of the country’s prime sites, hence the more reason it was worthy to give it a facelift. She stated that in order to sustain the cleaning of the beach, they have to do the same engineering that Propel did at the other beaches and also engage the city council on clearing waste at the beach and also sensitize the community not to dump waste on the beach.
She commended Musa for his patriotism and desire to transform the beach into an entertainment spot. She on behalf of President Bio congratulated Musa for his wonderful initiative and assured him that the Ministry and its agencies will showcase what he is doing.
On a similar note, Dr Memunatu Pratt also visited Shalima’s enormous edifice at the front of Levuma Beach. She commended Shalima for investing in an infrastructure that has a lot of world-class tourism facilities.
She committed to including the facility as part of the packages of places for tourists to visit.
