Deputy National Chairman of the APC Hon. Victor Chukuma Johnson has been re-elected Deputy Speaker of the House of Parliament.
His re-election took place yesterday after he secured 71 votes leaving his contender Hon. Dr. Elizabeth Lavalie of the opposition SLPP with 41 votes.
Speaking to We Yone Hon. Victor Chukuma Johnson expressed appreciation to colleague MPs for the confidence reposed in him and pledged to work in the best interest of Parliament. Messages of congratulation have been streaming in from various organs of the party and arrangements for a grand congratulatory twon hall meeting is been concluded by the executive constituency 94.
Deputy Chairman Re-elected Deputy Speaker
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.
The 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary elections witnessed a dramatic twist in Sierra Leone political set-up with the removal from power of a ruling party by an opposition party. Berewa’s chances of winning those elections were slim, taking into account the manner in which he was catapulted into the SLP leadership in Makeni.