AYV News, January 17, 2025
Chief Minister of Sierra Leone, Dr. David Moinina Sengeh has urged citizens to join the great Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP).
Dr. David Sengeh purposefully made the audio to provide justification as to why people should register and join the SLPP, a party which he says exemplifies its motto: One country: One People, which stands as a symbol of national unity and inclusion.
He rationalises his statements based on evidence and the values the SLPP represents as Social Democrats that cater for the needs of all and sundry.
The chief minister said the SLPP was founded on the values of inclusion and movement, which prompted the fusion of two institutions to form the party. Namely: PEPU (Protectorate Education Progressive Union) and SOS (Sierra Leone Organisational Society).
For PEPU, he lauds the union of progressives that galvanize support to provide education to protectorate people, breaking a barrier that was an exclusive reserve for creoles or people residing in the Freetown Colony.
With regards the SOS, the Chief Minister was in awe of the multiplicity of socio-ethnic backgrounds from which the organisation draws its membership.
He mentions Kandeh Bureh, a Temne Tribal head, Siaka Stevens a Limba who later left SLPP and joined the People’s National Party (PNP) and later founded the All people’s Congress (APC), Paramount Chief Julius Gulama from Moyamba, John Karefa Smart who is a mentor to Dr. Sengeh, Creoles such as Dwell Sumner, Frank Anthony, I. Manley, William Fitzgemont and T.M Williams, Alfred Demby from Bo, the Margais from Moyamba, Paramount Chief Alimamy Sorie Conteh from Tonkolili and other traditional rulers across the country.
The aim of the SOS was to ensure citizens participation in national development, promoting human capital development, fostering cooperation among institutions, supporting civil society organisations and implementing civic and social projects.
Given the diverse membership of Ethnic groups that constitute the SOS, the Chief Minister emphasizes on the fact that there is nothing like tribalism in the SLPP, because all the members at that time want to see the progress and development of Sierra Leone, which is the basic commonality among them.
Dr. David Sengeh underscored the fact that the SLPP is a party of progressives that believe in inclusion and education for everyone because after the reign of Sir Milton Margai, it was President Kabbah that prioritises education by making it free for the girl child at the basic secondary level.
“Thereafter, it is President Julius Maada Bio that has launched the free and quality education for all the pupils in the country and for female students pursuing STEM courses at tertiary level,” he stated.
According to the chief minister, if one believes in inclusion, social democracy, ethnic diversity, civics and organisation, democracy, economics that works for all, then one must join the SLPP.
Chief Minister, Dr. David Moinina Sengeh concluded by advising citizens to join the SLPP without delay by way of securing their party membership cards and standing for something.
