The Managing Director of the Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO), Ing. George Lamin Vandi has said that the Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO) is delivering President Bio’s Agenda on providing water for the people of Sierra Leone especially in the provinces.
He made this statement during the handing over of the Water Project sites in Kambia, Kabala, Pujehun, and Kailahun to contractors.
The Managing Director said SALWACO is fulfilling the ‘Talk & Do’ agenda of President Julius Maada Bio. He said that the Six Towns Water Supply Project has been launched recently, and contracts signed in Moyamba.
“This is the seven remaining lots out of the ten lots under the Six Towns Water Supply Project funded by the Government of Sierra Leone under the Leadership of President H.E Dr. Julius Maada Bio. This project will create job opportunities for youths in these townships,” he said.
Ing. Vanadi said SALWACO is going to conduct training for community people in these townships through the Councils in all the Project localities.
Chairing the Program, the Deputy Managing Director of SALWACO, Albert Harrison Harvey introduced the SALWACO team and also appreciated the presence of Community leaders and people in the townships for their attendance and participation.
He said President Bio is the first president to provide the biggest funding in the water sector, and therefore SALWACO will do its best in implementing the Six Towns Water Supply Project on time.
In his statement, the Director of Project Management, Ing. Yankuba Jusu Tarawally said that the Water Project will be an ultra-modern system with a fully powered solar system in all the six townships where the project will be implemented.
He said that last year, they handed over three lots to contractors in Magburaka, Kambia and Kabala.
Ing. Tarawally further said that the implementation of the Project will last for sixteen months, and that over four hundred thousand People will benefit from the water project.
He said that the engineering designed of the project was done by SALWACO engineers.
Paramount Chiefs who are beneficiaries of these projects, including PC Manga Sorie Jawara II of Dembelia Chiefdom, Musaia in Kabala district, thanked the Government of Sierra Leone especially the leadership of President Bio and SALWACO for implementing the water Project.
By Alimatu Jalloh