By Amin Kef Sesay
Pavi Fort –Sierra Leone, the country’s leading indigenous road construction company, has on Friday 5th June 2020 donated a huge consignment of hand sanitizers, five thousand clinical face masks, 50bags of rice and a cheque of ten million Leones (Le10, 000,000) to the District Emergency Operation Centre (DECOVERC) in Bonthe District.
The gesture of donating the aforementioned materialized out of the patriotic passion of the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Alimou Sanu Barrie, to give support to the Government during these crucial moments when dogged efforts are been made to combat the spread of the coronavirus which is maliciously capable to wreck economies.
Presenting the items to officials of DECOVERC in the Bonthe District, CEO Alimou Sanu Barrie expressed profound appreciation for the consistent and impressive efforts they have been directing towards scaling up the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in that part of the country.
He added that as a construction company they are very keen to complement various development initiatives that are geared towards improving lives.
He admonished residents in that part of the country to strictly adhere to the precautionary measures that have been outlined by the Ministry of Health and Sanitation as well as other health partners. “Let us continue to wash our hands, practice social distancing, wear face masks, avoid touching dead bodies, call 117 if we experienced symptoms of having contracted the virus,” the CEO pointed out.
The donation of the aforementioned items and cash will benefit residents of Tihun, Sogbini and other chiefdoms. As an individual who strictly believes in the country’s tradition the CEO also extended his kind gesture to the Paramount Chiefs of Bonthe district with the sum of five million Leones and ten bags of rice.
Receiving the items, the DECOVERC Southern Regional Coordinator, Joseph Moigboi Kamara, stated how the support came at the right time especially when the district has been challenged by certain constraints adding that the gesture will create a great difference. He also called on other well-meaning Sierra Leoneans to follow the footstep of CEO Alimu Barrie who has decided to embark on a nationwide distribution of food items, Personal Protective Equipments and cash as his own support to other districts in the fight against COVID-19.
Joseph Moigboi Kamara highlighted that resource mobilization is very key in the fight against the COVID-19 underscoring how he believes that such a support from the company could be helpful especially at this decisive moment.
It has been established that the lack of face masks and the denial of the non-existence of the virus among certain residents of Bonthe District remain major hindrances in the fight against COVID-19 especially in Jong and Imperi chiefdoms.
It could be recalled that recently Pavi Fort Construction Company Sierra Leone on the 27th May, 2020 donated the sum of fifty million Leones (Le50, 000,000) and PPEs items including 5,000 face masks, 100 gallons of hand sanitizer (1 gallon) all worth Le, 120,000,000 to the Government of Sierra Leone through the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) in a bid to complement Government’s efforts geared towards combating COVID-19 in the country. The handing over ceremony took place at the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) situated at SLFA compound in Kingtom, Freetown.
Again, on Saturday the 30th May 2020 as part of its commitment in response to the fight against COVID-19 in Koinadugu and Falaba Districts, Pavi Fort Construction Company donated forty million Leones, five thousand Face masks, fifty gallons of hand sanitizers to the Koinadugu and Falaba District Emergency Operations Centers and ten million Leones to both the Paramount Chiefs of both districts at a ceremony held at the Koinadugu District Youth Council Hall in Kabala.
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.
