Sorie AbuBakarr (40 ACRES CANADA): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 October 2023:
President Bio has once again promised to construct the Lungi Bridge which he referred to as a transformative infrastructure project, one of the biggest investment opportunities in Sierra Leone, and not just a political promise.
According to Journalist Amadu Lamarana Bah, Bio made this promise to Sierra Leoneans at a Town Hall meeting in Washington DC last month, saying, “I know I still owe you the Lungi Bridge, I have said it and I will do it.”
The Lungi Bridge project was one of the campaign promises made by Maada Bio during his 2018 presidential election campaign. However, five years later, there has been no headway with the project.
Opposition parties and several Sierra Leoneans have criticized the President over failure to fulfil his promise.
In January 2022, President Bio lamented at struggles to finance the project during a meeting with the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
“Currently, a mix of ferry and private boats move people and goods across. The economic and other benefits of a bridge that joins the two landmasses are immense. But there is a struggle mobilizing exclusively private capital to finance such a large venture.” He said.
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