Sierra Leone: To the Pompous Female Ministers - Concord Times

As Sierra Leonean women cry for a 50/50 representation of men and women in the governance of the country, one may wonder why the task still seems tedious for the 52% female population.

Author: Status Quo

The problem Sierra Leone had always had to grabble with is its fourth Estate. The Sierra Leonean media practitioners think the only good article for public consumption is blackmailing Public figures. Look at the bad media coverage that the last government received. The media practitioners made thier readers believed that there was no good work done by that government even though they were au fait with the fact that the government only gained controlled of all its territories in 2002 with 90 percent of the countries infrastructure in ruin, no industry and 80% of its citizen displaced or in refugee camps. No media house ever reported that in the five years of that government over 300 schools were built and or repaired, all displaced persons were returned, and most of the public workers never went for months without their salaries. All they reported was no electricity in Freetown. No wonder why Shirley Gbujama a once friendly woman became rude as alleged. Do you also recall the media bashing Zainab received while she was head of the State Lottery? How can she not be jittery about the media? Please press men and women, stop blackmailing people in authority for your own selfish ends. That said madam Minister, you have to dine with the devil since you have joined the feast. But be mindful of how you dine with them.

Author: crystal

Fellow, most of these so called journalist are only praise singers. One other thing I realized is that, Africans dont practice party politic, they practice power politice. Whereever power moves, is where they go.People dont just have respect for themselves.These fake reporters always want to write something that would interest the current government.



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