Members of Parliament approved five Presidential nominees to head different sectors in the
country.
They are Ambassador Andrew G. Bangali (National
Chairman Civil Registration Authority), Rtd. AIG Sorie Brima Kargbo (Chairman
National Drugs Enforcement Agency), Mr. Steven Aiah Mattia (Electoral
Commissioner Eastern Region), Mr. Babatunde Pratt (Member Political Parties
Registration Commission) and Alphonso Willie M Ngana (member Millennium
Challenge Corporation).
Speaking in the Well of Parliament, the Majority Leader and
Chairman Parliamentary Committee on Appointments and the Public Service, Hon
Ibrahim Bundu said that the nominees appeared before the Parliamentary
Committee on Appointments on Wednesday 19th October 2016.
Hon. Bundu said that the nominees responded to various questions
posed by the Committee and that the Committee has no iota of doubt about the
capability and suitability of them to execute their given task.
The Deputy Speaker Hon Chernor Bah said that Ambassador Bangali
represented the country well when he was the Ambassador to Ethiopia, and that
he believes that this time round he would play a key role in strengthening the
Civil Registration Authority.
Hon. Sualou Koroma of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party said that he
was impressed by the work of the former Ambassador to Ethiopia as the country
can now boast of an Embassy in Addis Ababa.
Hon. Sualou Koroma furthered that the appointment of Mr. Aiah
Mattia as Eastern Region Commissioner of NEC is timely and in place as he had
gained a lot of international experience in electioneering.
Hon. Bernadette Lahai of the SLPP noted that
for far too long, Eastern Region has been without a Commissioner but now that
it had gotten one, she hopes that the new Commissioner will ensure transparency
to avoid any rejection of results come 2018 as countries like Burundi and Congo
are currently suffering from the aftermath of post elections.
Source: Sierraloaded
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