14.02.10
In another mind-blowing crowd-pulling streak in a presidential tour of Tonkolili precinct, Northern Province, President Ernest Bai Koroma has been thanking the people of the region for having voted for him as President. In a meet-the-people tour traversing Mathoir, Mile 91, Yoni Bana, Petifu (Ka Fullahmasa), Mabang, Mamaka, and Rochen Malal (Malal Marah Chiefdom), President Koroma was welcomed by throngs of jubilating crowds in habitual fanfare and parade.The tour started on Friday 12th with meetings at Mathoir and Mile 91. It continued on Saturday with meetings at Yoni Bana, Petifu and Mabang, and then on Sunday at Mamaka and Rochen Malal.
Different representatives, speaking on behalf of the people, expressed delight at receiving the President in their towns and villages for “the first once in a while in recent Sierra Leone history that a President visits us when it’s not plebiscite time”, as one speaker put it. They praised the President for maintaining the serenity, for his political tolerance, and for his motivational drive to develop Sierra Leone.
Source: Cocorioko