A group of members of parliament from the Parliamentary Group on mining, headed by APC Member of Parliament, Chernor Bah, has visited some of the mining sites of African Minerals. According to a representative member of the group, SLPP giant, Hon. Mathew Nyuma said “it is a laudable venture and that this is the type of national development that we too at the opposition support”.
In their responsibility as members of the parliament overseeing mining companies in the country, some six MPs, in company of the press, paid the two day-visit in two of the three mining areas of the African Minerals. Starting from Port Loko district in the north, the MPs saw the newly refurbished rail way beginning from the Gbere Junction, through to Pepel where it will terminate to enable shipment of the Iron Ore.
PMDC Member of Parliament, Hon. Albert Mac-Balley, said he is now convinced that African Minerals is a very serious mining company and that “the country stands to gain even from the point of employment for our teeming youth”. In his contribution, and being the Chairman of the Parliamentary committee on Mining, Hon. Chernor Bah praised the efforts of President, Ernest Bai Koroma for his foresight and business acumen in allowing a serious company as African Minerals to work in Sierra Leone at this material time when the country needs every penny for its socio-economic development. “From tax accruing from its operations, despite the availability of work for many Sierra Leoneans”, he said, ‘this company is going to be a helping unit for the development of our country”, he concluded.
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