BY: Gibrilla Koroma of DIB United
For too long, the people of Sierra Leone have lived in the shadow of their own potential. We are a nation blessed with diamonds beneath our feet, gold in our rivers, fertile soil that can feed a continent, and a resilient people whose spirit has survived war, Ebola, and hardship. Yet our people remain chained by poverty, by unemployment, by poor education, and by a system that has forgotten the common man.
Dr. Ibrahim Bangura, the APC leading flagbearer has walked the streets of Freetown, he has sat with farmers in Kambia and Kono, he has listened to the market women in Bo and Makeni, and he has heard one cry: ” to heal, build and unite Sierra Leone”
Dr. Bangura believes the greatest resource of Sierra Leone is not our minerals, but our minds. His mission therefore is to transform these minds for the development of the nation.
He also believes in a free society in which every Sierra Leonean realizes the potential of the nation. To him, true freedom is when a mother can feed her children without begging, a graduate does not need to ride Okada for survival after years of university. True freedom is when a farmer gets a fair price for his harvest. True freedom is when a child in Falaba has the same quality of education as a child in Aberdeen.
His vision to improve technical and vocational training, and to create a Sierra Leone where every youth has a skill and a job showcases the passion he has for youths and the vulnerable.
Under his leadership, agriculture will no longer be a punishment but a business. We will move from importing what we can grow, to exporting what we grow. Through mechanized farming, support to smallholder farmers.
The youth will no longer need to die in the Mediterranean Sea searching for greener pastures — He will create the greener pastures here at home.
For years, we have suffered because we rewarded mediocrity and punished integrity. Dr. Bangura promises a government of accountability, where public funds are used for public good, where corruption will have no hiding place, and where every Leonean, regardless of tribe, region or party, will feel part of this country again.
The 2028 elections are not about APC or SLPP. It is not about North or South-East. It is about poverty and prosperity. It is about slavery and freedom.
Dr. Ibrahim Bangura is not promising you heaven overnight. He is promising you a Road — a clear, honest, and workable road out of suffering. Let us walk that road together.
The time is now. The man is Dr. Ibrahim Bangura. The mission is to unite, build, and heal.
