OK, IT'S NOT TRUE, BUT WHAT IF FREETOWN WAS QUARANTINED?
Whether De Pa had invoked emergency powers or not, we would have had no problem with curtailing our civil liberties for 60-90 days to fight and defeat Ebola. By the grace of the Almighty, we are getting there. Fight on, De Pa, Fight on!
So we are not scared about all the rumour about Freetown being locked down for 21 days. In fact, let the thing go ahead right now. Really, there would be a few issues to consider:
1. Aso Rock must ensure there's constant flow of electricity. People want to be able to watch many Nollywood Movies to detraumatise. No excuses please.
2. What about water flowing into our homes? The minister of water was declared the best minister this year. So let's feel him now - Lockdown or no lockdown. De Pa says we should stop converging in large numbers but see what's happening with those people who go around with jerry cans looking for water.
3. What are we going to do about Raray Boys and those cookery women who meet on the streets to do business? And also their counterparts, the ladies along Charlotte Street and other areas. Let's fight Ebola but let's also think about basic survival.
4. So what would have happened after 21 days?
THE SHAME IN THE HEART OF THE CITY OF FREETOWN
The current state of Victoria Park, right in the heart of our city, is a big disgrace. And don't tell us it is because the country is in a state of emergency. We will not accept any more excuses from Mayor Bababode about that place. It's clear that Victoria Park was part of the mess created by Mayor Morgan Heritage but after two years or so in office, Bababode cannot tell any resident of this city he is unable to clear the mess he inherited.
If the Freetown City Council has run out of ideas and cash, then we offer this humble help towards the rehabilitation of Victoria Park:
1. Send your unnecessarily talkative PRO to London (since that will be his first time there and he will need a lot of help from our High Commission) to talk to Channel 4 TV about the state of Victoria Park. They are a great TV station and they will fall for it.
2. Please brief them about the Park's links to the Royal Family in the UK. That will strike a chord.
3. Once Channel 4 TV personnel arrive in Freetown, give them unhindered access to the place. In fact remove all those rotten corrugated iron sheets from the place and tell your Georgian or Azerbaijani contractors not to show up during filming.
4. And please, also tell the controversial local contractor with all that baggage she carries to stay away so as not to anger Channel 4. They are coming from a country where such things don't happen, particularly with something as important as a national park.
5. When the programme is shown on Channel 4, money will flood in from all sorts of charities and foundations. We may even have a royal visitor coming over. But that will be early in 2016.
6. Don't say we have not contributed to national development.
COMIUM REHABILITATION FUND TO BE LAUNCHED SOON. HAHAHAHA!
We are very pleased that so far public response to our Comium Rehabilitation Project has been very encouraging. Well, we haven't received any cash but many people have called us to express interest and we thank them very much.
Two days ago, we passed by Comium again and observed things from a distance. We notice the building is still very much badly in need of painting. We saw very few workers around. Comium is not the beehive of activity it used to be.
The point is, we have never been told the truth about what's happening with our lovely mobile phone company. We love Comium and as customers, somebody needs to tell us how we stand. We've been trying to get calls through to London, Liberia and Guinea through Comium for the last month. We're still trying.
Now, we will go ahead with the launch of our proposed Comium Rehabilitation Project. We aim to raise a modest US$ 5 million to pay off all debts and rehabilitate the network facilities and then properly rebrand the company.
For now, we are not saying anything about what we intend doing with the current management team. We need them to cooperate with us through this big fund-raising effort. It makes absolutely no sense to anger them now.
Long Live Comium, Long live all those faithful Comium customers who have stayed through thick and thin.
AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT OSUOFIA RETURNED TO FREETOWN, AND VISITED STATE HOUSE
We welcome Osuofia back to his motherland but perhaps you came too late. You came after many had died. Well you couldn't have stopped them from dying because the man you lost to was very indecisive and perhaps inert in dealing with the outbreak for weeks. So if you had been around in Kenema and Kailahun that could have played the trick. Who knows...som tem na way De Pa yeri say u dae kam make e go na Kenema and Kailahun. HAHAHAH.
We understand the meeting with De Pa went well when Usofia visited his former office. Is that right? We bet it is right, because this visit was never about giving "limited" recognition to De Pa's government. Hahahahaha. He is in firm control of the country - even if Ebola has slipped through his fingers. The only enforced absentee in the Brazillian team is Richie Boy who is experiencing what we can euphemistically call, A SMALL LOCAL DIFFICULTY.
Please don't mind us, journalists are like that - always asking questions. And while still on this, is the immigration business fine now? We are talking about "LEAVE TO REMAIN" or even the coveted BRITISH PASSPORT on account of madam the celebrity. These days the British immigration system is extremely tough. And we understand why - abuse of the system and home grown terrorism.
Anyway, can you please release your itinerary for the next two weeks? We are committed to covering your action against Ebola. Please ask your media guys to inform us in time.
(C) Politico 14/08/14
