Alhaji Galaxy
Hon. Alhaji Musa Tarawally despite his absence from political limelight, continues to bring glory to Sierra Leone through his monumental investments; the most recent which is Truly Excellent and Exclusive Services (TEES), a garments’ production factory, situated at Wilkinson Road Freetown.
Hon. Alhaji Musa Tarawally who is a well-known philanthropist told this press that he established TEES to give back to his country; provide employment for unemployed youths and at the same time, contribute meaningfully to national development through the production of garments and apparels for use by the police, military, nurses and virtually every professional or force using a uniform.
He went on to explain that garments’ production is only one aspect of the factory, adding that when the factory is fully up and running at full capacity, the factory will also be involved in building construction and also engage in printing services.
According to him, there are currently 18 foreign experts in various related professions from Pakistan, India, Cape Verde and The Philippines whose main focus and task in the country is to transfer knowledge to young Sierra Leoneans to make production faster and at the same time ensure that they are empowered and capacitated enough to be able to take-over from the foreign experts.
Currently, 250 youthful Sierra Leoneans are undergoing training in industrial tailoring while the factory has the capacity to produce minimum of 50,000 dresses per month.
Speaking further, Hon. Alhaji Musa Tarawally said the factory will produce school, military, police, prison, fire force and all security uniforms, industrial gears, wedding dresses and all types of fashion dresses.
“In the next two years we will expand the production and start cotton plantations all over the country to develop a textile factory. And, we hope to create 25 thousand jobs in 5 years of cotton plantation,” he noted, adding: “we hope to make Sierra Leone the best country for professional sewing and garments’ production in West Africa.
“These are the sort of people we want more of in this country. Sierra Leoneans who are prepared and selfless to use their hard-earned money to create employment opportunities for their fellow Sierra Leoneans who otherwise, would remain unemployed and without hope of living better lives,” said a school teacher who has been following with keen interest this latest development.
“With such an indigenous investment, our police, military, nurses and other professionals will be assured of having uniforms of high quality and durability and this will curtail the aspect of foreign contractors supplying our government and other public institutions with inferior quality garments,” said Moses Harvey, an expert in textile production.
