Sierra Leone: Viewpoint - the Tragic Emasculation of Serious National Discourse

opinion

As the year draws to a close, what comes to me, like the beams from a lighthouse in a dark and merciless sea, is that the house of cards we in Sierra Leone are building needs an island of reason in our ocean of irrationality and what is obviously, a very deficient system.

While I appreciate whatever efforts the current administration might be making, it is incumbent on people who believe things can be better, as well as those within the realm of governance who sit at the apex of a system that impacts on all of us, to look beyond the hysteria that often surrounds any call for introspection.Amidst social stagnation and the carcasses of lost opportunities, which epitomise the level of our depravity, it is very obvious that if there is indeed a national aspiration to which we are all committed, then we cannot let the politics of Sierra Leone be dominated by the politics and priorities of a few, as is the case now.

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