By Ezekiel Nabieu
The prospects of the gradual loss of the Krio language until it will no longer be recognized as a language per se is frightening, to say the least. It will be a sad day when we may no longer communicate with members of other ethnic groups except through interpretation.
In our last issue we carried an article written by Francis Kelfala on the state of the banks in Sierra Leone and the apparent liquidity crisis that accompanies the month of December. In the following article, the Public Relations Officer of the central bank, Beresford Taylor, reacts to the issues raised.
By Beresford Taylor
I read your very interesting and thoughtful article, entitled “Our Banks and the Month of December”, published in the Politico Newspaper of 12 November, 2013 under the Column, Perspective.
The long preliminary investigation (P1) into the matter of State V. Dr. Roland Foday Kargbo, John Kapri Gbla, Henry Abu, Peter Lamin Dumbuya and Peter Brima Kargbo, which commenced before Magistrate Komba Kamanda in Magistrate court No.2 Freetown on July 10, 2012 is winding up. The case is against former officials of the defunct Help a Needy Child International (HANCI) who worked with a U.S-based adoption agency, Main Adoption Placement Services (MAPS) to pull a number of alleged illegal adoption counts of trafficking, and 7 counts of perjury.
The Deputy Commissioner of the Anti Corruption Commission has served out his five-year term after his appointment in September 2008. In that time, Morlai Buya-Kamara acted as Commissioner for eight months after the resignation of Abdul Tejan-Cole.
Now Buya-Kamara has been reassigned by President Ernest Bai Koroma to become the Director of the Freetown International Airport Mamamah Project, in the Ministry of Transport and Aviation. Politico’s Fasalie S. Kamara spoke with him about his former and current jobs. Interesting read.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
