It’s such a pity when opportunism overtakes principle. The Minority Leader in Parliament, Hon. Dr.Bernadette Lahai has shown Poor Leadership since the Ebola breakout. She has put politics above country and behaving like a student politician. In a time like this, when there is a growing collapse of trust in politics; when the public need investigation in a lot of area related to Ebola. The opposition or minority Leader turn Mumu. We just learn about container shipping container filled with approximately $140,000 worth of medical equipment needed to fight the spread of the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone has sat untouched on the docks of the countrys capital for nearly two months according to a published report. According to The New York Times the shipment of hospital linens, protective suits, face masks, and other items arrived in the port of Freetown Aug. 9, but has still not been cleared by government officials. The Ebola outbreak has killed over 3,000 people, with the vast majority of deaths occurring in Sierra Leone and two other West African countries, Liberia and Guinea. Local health officials have been overwhelmed by the spread of the virus, and some say the case of the delayed container is a vivid illustration of how government corruption has undercut efforts to fight Ebola as well. The Times reports that the shipment was organized by Chernoh Alpha Bah, an opposition politician in Sierra Leone. A government official told the paper that approval of the shipment may have been delayed to prevent the opposition from scoring political points about their response to the outbreak. The paper also reported that the $6,500 shipping fee for the container had not been paid by the Sierra Leone government, resulting in three other other containers of supplies being kept at the docks by the shipping company. According to The Times, government officials disputed the fee before arguing that proper shipping protocols had not been followed. An official at the countrys health ministry said the shipment should have been cleared with them first, before adding that the supplies would be cleared very soon. Meanwhile, another donor, an expatriate Sierra Leonean living in Canada, tells the paper his shipment has been delayed for over a month because of the governments unwillingness to pay a $5,000 shipping fee. In context, the government official told The Times that the country has received over $40 million in cash donations to help fight Ebola. Sierra Leone is still recovering from an 11-year-long civil war, and the countrys health ministry was beset by corruption charges levied at dozens of health officials over misappropriation of vaccination funds The minority leader in parliament should to resign from the opposition front bench since she is unwilling to uphold the legislative oath she took. She is not providing constructive opposition to government, and clearly isn’t showing signs of being sound, nor tactful or showing Leadership sense. .The leader of the opposition in parliament should know that the evidence of neglect and recklessness by her party when People are dying is a organized-hypocrisy we the citizen wont accept Admin of this Forum! Do not delete my comment!
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 17:55:09 +0000
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