By Isaac Unisa Kamara Isaac (Isaac UK)
The experience of Dr Ibrahim Bangura on the road was risky and sincerely a life-threatening adventure; hadn’t it been a leader that had wholeheartedly bound himself to serve his people, he wouldn’t have ventured such an undertaking. However, the encounter dawned on him as a heartburning desire to go on a rescue mission; what he saw and learnt about the hard living of his people in Matru Jong, Bonthe district, shouldn’t continue.
Jarrah Kawusu Konte, his staunch helper, was there, recording the lamentation of a political leader with a wailing and weeping mood when beholding the suffering of his people, a mood that portrayed a strong emotional response that highlighted his deep concern for his people’s suffering while challenging the burden he has to carry to change the status when he comes to rule in 2028.
Friends, the road to Matru Jong, in the district of the present president’s hometown, is rugged, muddy, and dusty, with a makeshift seacraft crossing and a languishing bridge; regretfully, the situation has always been as it is for seven years. One can ask in disbelief, “Is this the present president’s home district?” The road has been literally abandoned, with the inhabitants of the locality crisscrossing the road’s perimeters in weather-beaten attire, barefooted – oh, the children, being among the struggling folks. Hmmmmmmm the road to Matru Jong, Bonthe district has a Message.
It is shocking to know that Bonthe District has a renowned cultural heritage history with the scenery of a natural beauty which the mouth can struggle to tell and perhaps the ear having not enough room to hear the story of its colourful information. There, Dr Ibrahim Bangura implored the people, “Weep not, for the dawn of a new era has come with nothing else but to heal, unite and build with an apt sense of responsibility,” while acknowledging the too long-forgotten tourism bond scenery of the district. “I have the desire to live by you, sharing your pain and work with you for a lasting better change,” he noted, continuing that the change he meant is not transactional but transformational.
The evidence abounds of a forgotten people by the powers that be, a people with a below-scale of fundamental human rights.
With compassion and empathy, Dr Ibrahim Bangura became emotionally connected to the wellbeing of his people when he encouraged them to expect a ray of hope that he has come with through a roadmap of discipline and unity that pinpoints the rule of law to iron out differences and not otherwise: “Let us not use hate but love to overcome conflicts with peace, and where there is pain, healing,” he said, going further to say that the enemy would seek to divide the APC party by sowing seeds of discord; therefore, there is a need to shun disinformation and slander, holding on to a united APC to save the neck-deep drowning economy of Sierra Leone. “The APC party is not for a selected few; thus, its name, All People’s Congress,” he affirmed.
He promised his people to be a listening leader working for everybody and forbidding the use of insults and abusive language from his followers, while echoing the need to salvage youth challenges ranging from drug addiction, hunger, lack and want, among others. Yes, Dr Ibrahim Bangura pledged to carry the political cost of leadership, the sacrifices he has to make to genuinely care about the wellbeing of his people.
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