Sierra leone to get brand new airport

Sierra Leone to get brand new airport By Abu Bakarr Kamara The Minister of Transport and Aviation, Vandi Chidi Minah Thursday, December 13, 2012 signed an agreement with the China Railway International Consortium an agreement worth USD190,000,000 (one hundred and ninety million United States dollars) for the construction of a brand new airport in the mainland of Mamamah in the outskirts of Freetown. In his signing statement, ChidiMinah said the construction of the new Airport came as a result of a conscious effort to rebuild Sierra Leone underPresident Koroma’s Agenda for Change on which the Agenda for Prosperity is built. He described the venture as an Aviation City of a modern International Airport, the biggest infrastructural ­ development to be undertaken in the country. The Minister informed the gathering that the construction of the Airport International Airport at the end of President Koroma’s tenure of Office. The Minister commended the Chinese Ambassador for his committed coordination for the success of the project. He called on line Ministries to collaborate in the process. Hesaid his Ministry has made significant progress in the transportation and aviation sectors pointing at the rehabilitation and expansion of sea travelling is now comfortable with the construction of jetties in almost every wharf in the country. Lands Minister, Alimamy Patt-Sowe said land has been provided for construction work and that his Ministry will do more for the speedy completion of the New Airport, President Koroma’s Agenda for Change is moving to the Agenda for Prosperity may God bless President Koroma and Sierra Leone The chief Marketing Director of China Railway International, Xiaohong lauded the effort of PresidentKoroma for the huge infrastructural ­ up lift of the country. He said his company will continue to collaborate with the Government of Sierra Leone to complete the project in record time. May God bless President Koroma and Sierra Leone.