President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma today kick started the epoch making conference on Transformation and Development at the Miatta Conference centre in Freetown. The conference is attended by a wide representation of the Sierra Leone community and despite opposition castigation it is a political party affair the conference is has attracted many Sierra Leoneans.
Adressing the conference, President Koroma reiterates his belief in peoples participation and fundmental to the progress of the country. Read the President's speech below:
As investigation continues into the incidence of alleged assault and kidnapping with the intention to commit ritual murder by operatives of the SLPP including the recently elected local councilor of Ward 369 Mohamed Kanu Mansaray, the victim, the ‘okada’ rider Mohamed Koroma, has turned out to be the third son of the APC Moyamba district chairlady opening further loopholes whether the incident is not a calculated ploy by the opposition SLPP to further perpetuate political violence against members of the APC and their family members. 
In response to cries of the aged and other vulnerable groups of elders who lack source of income from any pension scheme, the APC government of President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma through the Social Safety Net Secretariat of Ministry of Labour and Social Security at New England Ville, Freetown, is on the verge to soon make payments of allowances to these persons as the verification process comes to an end, according to reliable source in the secretariat.