Press release from Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources
3 hours ago |
Setting the records straight about the Fish Habour
The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources has read social media reports about a fish mill to be located at the Black Johnson community. The unfounded reports even purport land grabbing from genuine land owners by government for the said facility.
The MFMR wishes the general public to know that the facility to be constructed is a Fish Harbour and not a Fish Mill as portrayed by the social media writers. The objective of the Fish Harbour is to centralise all fishing activities. The govemment of Sierra Leone has been yearning for a Fish Harbour since the early 1970s, but could not actualise it due to the huge amount of money that is required. With the new shift in government policy for the development of the fisheries sector, the Chinese govemment has given a grant of US$55m to build this platform.
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By Edward Kargbo
The fisheries ministry has come out with a statement to “set the records straight” on the #balckjohnson matter which has provoked a huge public outrage. For context, there have been concerns from residents/landowners over a government decision to allocate more than 250 acres of forest and beach land to build what many suspect will be a fish mill at Black Johnson a small and tranquil village, with some of the most beautiful beaches along the Western Area Peninsular.
In a statement that has been circulated widely on social media, government deny that a fish mill will be constructed in the community. The plan, they say, is to build a fish habour that “centralises all fishing activities”. We don’t really know what that means.