My fellow Sierra Leoneans
I have carefully gone through and listened to your beautiful thoughts and I do honestly agree with everyone’s view points.
I also believe that our past should not be despised but rather look back to see how we can use it to build on the present and future.
The reasons for being stagnated as it is now, squarely lies on we the Sierra Leoneans.
We are architects of our own problems and demise. Every leader that comes up is a prototype, a direct copy of the collective culture of indiscipline, dishonesty, nepotism, unpatriotic, and selfishness we all exhibit.
The attitudes of our leaderships are a true representation of what our society is exactly like.
Most, if not all Sierra Leoneans, hardly speak truth to power. We are very complacent with what our leaders do, even if we know they are doing wrong.
Correcting or referencing a mistake of our leaderships is misconstrued as disrespect. Meaning we must let them go on.
Sierra Leoneans most of the time only complain when they are not benefactors of a corrupt system. On the the other hand they are most quiet or blind to see wrong doings when they are benefactors of a corrupt system.
Like everyone of you have rightly said, our country can only develop if we dedicate our services to the nation rather than to political parties or tribes or regions that we come from.
Our leaders have no political ideologies. They do not run on any tangible platforms. Instead, they indulge in rhetoric and copious speeches with no substances to nourish the hopes and dreams of the masses.
No political party has ever put forward a credible leader that has a genuine vision for honest development or a spec of democracy or even a semblance of integrity in Sierra Leone.
The good thing is that, we the educated elites must not relent. We ourselves must be honest and exhibit high level of integrity.
Show the right morals and be the role models for all to emulate.
We can keep saying all beautiful things and put forward every flamboyant ideologies, if we don’t have the impetus to honestly and effectively implement them, the future of the nation will be bleak for centuries to come.
Effective executives are product and results oriented. Not just long colourful speeches. They don’t get us to the destination.
By David ESK Gbongbor,
Kono News Network
