By Poetic Jalloh
History has taught us that Faandu used to be a deprived community that has been in existence for over a century without a school. It is this community that the C4C CAUCUS LEADER IN PARLIAMENT, HONOURABLE SAA EMERSON LAMINA of Constituency 030 has on friday, 23rd October, 2020, commissioned a well constructed primary school with an aluminum zinc, steel doors, six apartment class rooms, one hundred and fifty tables and benches, free uniform, four rooms toilet and a play ground and football field for the children of Faandu Village and Kono District at large.
The program was graciously attended by people with high timber and caliber among which are Chief A.M Kamanda, Senior sections and town Chiefs of Gbense Chiefdom, The Minister of Higher and Technical Education, Prof. Aiah Kpikama; Mr. Abubakar Bayoh, the Coordinator for the Free and Quality Education in Kono District; C.A Marrah of District Council; Lieutenant Cornel Bash Kamara; LUC Frankly Bawoh; the SLPP Chairperson, Mrs. Tongu; Paramount Chief Speaker of Tankoro, Chief Gando, Chairmen of Traders, Bike Riders, Councilors and all the major Mining Companies operating in Kono and Sierramin Bauxite.
The commissioning procession started with an opening prayers from both the Muslim and Christian which was immediately followed by the introduction of the chairman of the occasion, Mr. Abubakar Bayoh, who used his competence and dexterity to swiftly manoeuvre through the agenda as he called on the chief of Faandu Village to welcome the entourage presented for the occasion.
The C4C Coordinator cum Dep. Chairman of Constituency 030, Agibu Koineh and the Chairlady, Kumba Jabbie energetically stated that the actions of the C4C Caucus Leader, Hon. EMERSON LAMINA have been nothing but a landmark, breaking and making unchallengeable histories in Kono District. They both thanked him for bringing light (Education) to the people of Faandu Village after years of deprivation. They also called on everyone presented and the people of Kono District to embrace the C4C Party.
Both the SLPP Chairperson, Mrs. Elizabeth Tongu and the APC Kono District Secretary, Sia Fanta Tachequee and C4C Dep. District Chairman Mohamed Yeroh Bah thanked Hon. EMERSON LAMINA for his support to Education in Kono District. They also thanked him for the many developments that he has undertaken since he became Honourable in 2018.
The Kono Student Union President, Sahr Johnny and Councilor Aiah Missah aka Thop Ten expressed their profound thanks and appreciations to the Hon. Member for his abundant support to education in the district and the country at large.
The representative from Sierramin Bauxite, Shahil Patel thanked Hon. EMERSON LAMINA for the school as he stated that education is a force that has the power to change many things. Jim, the manager of PW Mining made known his admiration of Hon. EMERSON’s drive to polishing education in the district. Philip Sorbueh of Koidu Limited also expressed praises of Hon. Emerson Lamina for successfully accomplishing such a laudable venture. The representative of SEAWRIGHT Mining Company similarly appreciated the Hon. Member’s developmental strives and maintained that SEAWRIGHT Mining Company would always be ready to support his initiative towards education and promised to donate books to the school library.
The District Director of The Free and Quality Education, Mr. Abubakar Bayoh pledged the solemn and undivided support of the Ministry of Education to Hon. EMERSON LAMINA that they would always support his support to education because education is the main crux of H.E Bio’s administration.
The Deputy Mayor of Koidu New Sembehun City Council, Tamba Patrick Ellie, stated that the previous honourables were a total mess but with Honourable SAA EMERSON LAMINA, Kono has witnessed dozens of developments from him alone.
