After serving Sierra Rutile Limited (SRL)
diligently for over 10 years, the company CEO, John Bonoh Sisay is calling it
quits at the end of November. Sisay said on Wednesday November 23, “I have done
all I could to make the company better than it was.
Today, Sierra Rutile is the largest sands
producer in the country and the company has the most viable mines in the country.
It is time for me to move on and go into my public life.”
John Bonoh Sisay, MBA, has been the Chief
Executive Officer at Sierra Rutile Limited since February 3, 2009 and its
Executive Director since March 10, 2008.
When asked if he will be going into politics, the
CEO said he is entering public life politics or personal investment
he will consider as the days go by. Sisay said he’ll take a tour around the
country, talk to people and get other’s opinions. From there, he will decide
what he will do next.
Sisay made it very clear that he thinks Sierra
Leone needs small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). That, he says, will
definitely develop the country especially at this time when the economic
challenges are severe.
”The mining sector will not make Sierra Leone
rich, but we the people will. The world is moving at a faster rate in
technology, but Sierra Leone is still lagging behind. Sierra Leone must push
upwards to be in the same level with other countries.”
Sisay said if the economy is viable, the health
and education system will develop and the more we can produce and get more
Sierra Leoneans employed the easier it will be for the government to get more
taxes and spend less on foreign exchange because most of what is being imported
today would be produced locally.
Sisay said he is leaving Sierra Rutile in good stead and have made sure that when Illuka takes over they will not have problems with the current management staff, even though they are Sierra Leoneans, but they have the same skills and knowledge of the experts they might want to bring.
When asked if he will go into private business,
Sisay said that will be in his public life and said he is sure that will be a
good idea for him to invest locally in the country.
He informed journalists that the merger between
Illuka and Sierra Rutile will be completed by the 30th November when he will
exit the scene and start his own public life.
Culled Awoko
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