By Mustapha Sesay
The newly-elected chairman of Sweizy Jewelers’ Association, Alphonso Charles Blake has promised to open and establish a business center in the name of the association to improve the financial base of the association.
Chairman Blake, as he is fondly called, made this promise in an interview with Politico shortly after his victory rally along Siaka Stevens and Howe streets in Freetown. He said he would work with his opponent to develop the association and improve on the well-being of its members.
Meanwhile, he dismissed rumors that he was a supporter of the opposition SLPP but crossed over to the ruling APC to win the support of the party.
“I have always been an APC member and everybody has the right to cross over to any political party he wishes to go”, Blake said.
He noted that his election as chairman was in no way connected to the fact that he is APC but rather on the basis of his popularity since that was not the first time he had contested for the chairmanship of the association.
Blake assured that he would work assiduously to project the wishes and aspirations of members of the Sweizy Jewelers’ Association in line with the president’s “Agenda for Prosperity”.
