12
April, 2008
Sierra Express, Freetown
Saturday Cleaning has been Suspended until
Further Notice
Deputy Internal Affairs, Minister Hon. Raymond Kabia has said that the last Saturday cleaning exercise has been suspended
until further notice at the Ministry of Information conference room yesterday.
Mr. Kabia said
the suspension of the cleaning exercise was as a result of the lack of funds.
He said the Sierra Leone
Peoples Party (SLPP) never took the issue of cleaning the city seriously; we took up this Government with nothing adding that
Le 836 million debt was incurred for the cleaning of Freetown. Kabia said among those who will be responsible
for paying these bills are land and property owners, business owners, street vendors, vehicle owners, hotels, legal practitioners
among others in the form of tax with Government to bear the rest of bulk.
The responsibility
of cleaning the city has been placed in the hands of a private company, which is jointly owned by the Freetown City Council,
the Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO), and the National Power Authority (NPA), which will be supervised by the Ministry
of Local Government in conjunction with the Freetown City Council for a period of 6 months.
Freetown is now
divided into 13 zones as part of a permanent strategy for the cleaning of the city. The Minister thanked the Libyan Government
for their continued support to the All Peoples Congress Government and urged the World Bank to help them in this drive.
On
her part the Minister of Energy and Power, Hon. Aafsatu Kabba highlighted her Government’s achievement in the provision
of electricity to residents of Freetown just after 7 months in office.
Kabba revealed
that significant improvement has been made in the area of energy, NPA revenue collection, the transmission and distribution
network; Japanese intervention for the transmission and distribution of power in the west of Freetown is scheduled to start
soon.
Hon. Hafsatu said her Government is committed to the provision of improved access to pipe born water
and commended the Government’s efforts for making energy a priority.
In the area of
climate change, Hon. Kabba urged the public to desist from the habit of felling trees.
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