The
Parliament of Sierra Leone on Wednesday 06th April 2016 opened and signed a
Book of Condolence in respect of the death of Hon. Ambassador Patrick Foyah,
who represented Constituency 001 in Kalaihun District during his laying-out
ceremony at the State Hall of Parliament.
Master
of Ceremony, Cyril Juxon-Smith told distinguished mourners, whilst declaring
the purpose of the gathering that it was a twin ceremony marking the opening of
the Book of Condolence and the laying-out ceremony of the late Hon. Patrick
Foyah.
Reverend
Fr. Tommy Tengbeh, Assistant Parish Priest offered prayers and blessed the Book
of Condolence. As part of the exhortation, he said “the true interpretation of death is found in the
resurrection of Jesus Christ”. Whilst
consoling the family he also said that “the Lord has given and
taken Hon. Patrick Foyah who has moved out of the realm of this world, but is
in the safe hands of God”.
The
Minority Leader of Parliament, Hon. Dr. Bernadette Lahai remembered the late
Hon. Foyah as a “devoted, loyal and committed MP who
was in constant touch with him to obtain a leave of absence whenever he was out
of the country for routine medical checks in the USA.”
She
recalled that “Hon. Patrick Foyah became a political
activist in 2013 when he lost his wife; he contested and won the bye-election
in Constituency 001 under the SLPP; Chairman of the Committee on Fisheries and
Marine Resources, and also an articulate and fierce debater in Parliament.” She also recalled when she visited him at the hospital
where he said “Bernie, I miss my wife very much, since her
death, I have not been able to follow my medical directory, before he died on
the 21st March this year”.
Amidst
sobbing, she called on the Government and the international community to
construct an “ultra-modern state-of-the-art hospital to prevent the unnecessary
deaths of Sierra Leoneans seeking treatment overseas because of lack of basic
health facilities like dialysis machine and its expertise in the country”.
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