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PRESIDENT KOROMA RECEIVES CLAY FACTORY REPORT

PRESIDENT KOROMA RECEIVES CLAY FACTORY REPORT
By State House Communication Unit
clay factoryPresident Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Monday 9 May 2016 received a report by Legal Aid Board Executive Director Mrs. Fatmata Carlton Hanciles and team on the resolution of the Clay Factory issue as well as the fate of illegal squatters therein.
The president thanked the team for their contribution in resolving the issue and proposed another working visit to Clay Factory together with line ministries to ensure all stakeholders are fully involved. He disclosed that government was reaching out to the informal sector to enhance the transformation of the facility, and cited the Makola Market in Ghana as an example.
President Koroma observed that no country can grow without the full involvement of the private sector. He encouraged business people to do their trade with utmost seriousness, and called for a halt in all activities on the ground until after his proposed visit.
On behalf of the delegation, Mrs. Hanciles expressed her profound gratitude to President Koroma for giving them the opportunity to look into the Clay Factory matter, and explained that the lorry park was handed over to her organization to look into issues of illegal squatters. She reported that she held several meetings with all stakeholders including civil society organizations.
She also informed that they had discussed the way forward on the proposed transformation of Clay Factory Freetown Central Lorry Park into the Ernest Bai Koroma Lorry Park so as to benefit the entire community.
Madam Hanciles pleaded with President Koroma that the vacant land be utilized for the purposes of shops, stores, a parking lot and market for trade fairs preferably on Saturdays, to encourage periodic interface between and among traders from different parts of the country.
The meeting brought together stakeholders including, Motor Drivers and General Transport Workers Union, United Indigenous Commercial and Petty Traders Union, Sierra Leone United Boat Owners Association, the Indigenous Transport Owners Association, Sierra Leone Commercial Bike Riders Association Sierra Leone Traders Union, Shop Owners Association, market women, concern traders and the National Rogbianbay Traders and Farmers.

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