By Amin Kef Sesay
In a bid to ease the burden on Government in its strides to contain the spread of corona virus in the country, Chief Executive Officer of Pavi Fort road construction company, Alimu Barrie on Sunday 14th June 2020 provided support to the Port Loko DICORVERC with a 20 million Leones cheque, 120 bags of rice, 40 gallons of hand sanitizers, 5, 500 face masks, 7.5 million Leones cash, all totalling 120 million Leones.
The donation ceremony took place at the District Health Management Team office, at Kamaranka in Port Loko town.
Speaking to journalists, the Chief Executive Officer of Pavi Fort Sierra Leone, explained that the 7.5 million Leones is meant to support local authorities within the district in their efforts to fight the spread of the virus in their communities.
Also, as part of his goodwill gesture to the people of Kaffu Bullom Chiefdom, Lungi, CEO Barrie, handed over a 10 million Leones cheque, 2.5 million Leones cash, 50 bags of rice, 2,000 face masks worth 70 million Leones as social mobilization support to contain the spread of the disease in that part of the country.
Speaking on behalf of residents of the chiefdom in Lungi, the Chiefdom Speaker of Kaffu Bullom, Pa Komrabai Mellie Kamara thanked and praised the CEO for his support saying that it was a unique gesture to them as local authorities.
In his brief address, the CEO of Pavi Fort road construction company, Alimu Barrie said the aid formed part of his moves to give support to all the 16 districts in the company’s contributions to combat the spread of the virus in the country.
Regional Coordinator and Resident Minister North West, Haja Isata Kamara Forfanah and other local authorities including Paramount Chiefs said Pavi Fort construction company is the only local construction company that has rendered to them such a support.
The DICORVERC Coordinator in Port Loko, Moses Kamara described the support as encouraging further noting how it would go a long way to stop the spread of the corona virus in the country.
Dr. Songor Koedoyoma of the Port Loko DICORVERC, on his part, stated how the support came at the right time as they had already run out of face masks, sanitizers and logistics to contain the spread of the disease.
Pavi Fort Construction Company Sierra Leone has in the past weeks supported 11 districts with medical items, cash and other items worth over 1 billion Leones.
A similar venture will be undertaken next week by the Chief Executive Officer of Pavi Fort Sierra Leone, Alimu Barrie, in order to cover the remaining 5 districts in the country.
In another development the Chief Executive Officer of Pavi Fort, Alimou Barrie on Saturday 13th June 2020, donated bags of rice, cash and Personal Protective Equipments worth millions of Leones, as well as a cheque to the Karene District Emergency Operational Centre (DICOVERC) through the Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Alpha Wurie. This venture was made in the direction of scaling up the fight against the spread of the coronavirus in Karene District and considered as a good will gesture to complement the efforts of the Government and to aid the People of Karene District.
Alimou Barrie presented a cheque of Twenty Million Leones (Le20, 000,000), 80 bags of rice, 30 gallons of sanitizers and 5000 face masks to the District COVID-19 Emergency Response Centre (DICOVERC) at Gbintie Town in Karene District. He clarified that the donation including cash, medical items and 80 bags of rice (50 kgs) worth 110 million Leones were meant to facilitate the work of the fight against the corona virus within their respective chiefdoms in the district.
It is on record that Pavi Fort Construction Company has stood by the side of the Government of Sierra Leone during trying times, as it did on August 14th 2017 when the mudslide occurred at Regent. The company was among those that donated relief items, which included five hundred bags of rice, Le25 million Leones and provided three excavators to clear the rubble and also built fifty two (52) houses at 6 Mile to address the housing problems faced by the victims in the aftermath of the mudslide incident.
