By Foday Moriba Conteh
It goes without saying that HE President Bio wants the best from those he appointed as Ministers in his Cabinet and it is also an established fact that the first Gentleman’s axe will soon fall on those who are underperforming. President Bio has promised to keep his promise to citizens and so he cannot allow any Minister to slow him down in his strides which is all the more reason why he will not waste any time to reshuffle his Cabinet.
The upcoming Integrity Score Card will definitely be a pointer to the performance of the Ministers in President Bio’s Cabinet.
Economist Prince Jacob Macauley has taken pains and time to prepare this Score Card which was prepared in good faith and with no bias at all.
In his preparation of the Score Card, Mr Macauley sent enumerators to every single Ministry to assess their respective performances and the integrity of those who head them.
The Ministry of Local Government was thoroughly assessed and a lot of things were discovered which will be in the Score Card. There are still problems in Provincial Towns bordering on the activities of secret societies and all that.
The Monthly Cleaning Saturdays will also be assessed.
Questions are to be answered as to how much development has the Ministry of Development brought to this country since the Ministers were appointed by President Bio.
There is talk about tourists flooding this country with more and more expected during the course of the year but what are amiss in the Ministry of Tourism? The Integrity Score Card will make those abundantly clear.
The Internal Affairs Ministry is mandated to uphold law and order in the country but the people are still complaining that there has been an upsurge in violent crimes. What has the Internal Affairs Ministry being doing to address violent crimes?
Citizens have been crying foul about the buses already ordered by the Ministry of Transport which earlier were said to be 200 in number but only 100 have been delivered so far. Where are the rest?
He noted that the Health Ministry under Dr Alpha Wurie has been facing teething challenges since President Bio took office with no respite. It is as if the Health Ministry is set to remain a baby forever not going for solid foods, adding that the operations of the Health Ministry will be examined by the Score Card, the relationship between the Minister and other senior members of that Ministry and the way the supply of drugs are going on, will all be laid bare.
The Economist again said that the Education Ministries, both Basic and Tertiary, appear to be laden with endless problems. With the Chinese rice saga, Free Education Textbooks problems and Fourah Bay College now on strike, there is need for thorough assessments of both. He noted that the people of this country had high hopes that the Trade Ministry will be in a position to address the problem of the rise in prices of local commodities but there seems to be lethargy in that Ministry with prices spiralling as if we are going down a bottomless pit.
The upcoming Integrity Score Card shall be like no other but it will rather act as a guide to citizens to properly understand the activities of the various Ministries and to judge the Government as a whole.
