REMEMBERING DR. SIAKA STEVENS WHO WAS BORN ON THIS DAY AUGUST 24TH 1905
On December 27th 2009, The APC Government honoured the late President Siaka Stevens by erecting his burst at the Houses of Parliament. The President and First Lady, Vice President and First, Senior Members of Government and the Family were present at the occasion
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We remember Grandpa and Uncle Alex. May their Souls Rest in Peace.
A Time to Work and a Time to Rest
Much of my book (What Life has taught me) has dealt with what life has taught me. At 78 I am glad to claim that I am still learning in the school of life and sometimes hardly receiving passing marks. Those who feel that they have nothing more to learn, or are tired of learning, are most probably tired of living. I am certainly not a member of that club, but I am aware of the limitations resulting from increasing age.
The leadership of a country like Sierra Leone is a very demanding job, combining responsibility for the day-to-day affairs of the country and planning for the future with diplomatic work and the performance of ceremonial functions.
Moreover, the African tradition being what it is, our people expect their leader to be also the father of the nation, to hear personally complaints and suggestions, to settle disputes, including personal ones, to attend functions, to relieve cases of hardship and often to represent the country abroad.
I found these picture of GP on the web.
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Our nephew, cousin and brother is making history by becoming the first grandson to stand for parliament in Sierra Leone. We are with you Agibu. Your qualifications and vision for Sierra Leone is what will make you win. This is his profile:
Vying for parliament Bombali Constituency 33
Indeed, I am vying for the seat vacated by the newly appointed High Commissioner to England and former leader of the House of Parliament Eddie Turay from Bombali Central Constituency 33.
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“…Sierra Leone under former president Siaka Stevens once tested that socialism road. Albeit president Stevens did not openly declare this country a socialist state, most if not all of his policies had their roots in socialism…the corruption that permeated the political landscape of that time showed that socialism as a system of governance would never be a panacea for this country’s political salvation….the half-assed socialist policies of Siaka Stevens which were continued by ex-president Joseph Saidu Momoh are some of the reasons why this country is at present in a pretty prickle…”
October 26th 1908 Lady Rebecca Stevens was born in Mange Bureh. We remember you on what would have been your 101st birthday.
Siaka Stevens by Francis Stevens George is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at www.siakastevens.org.
