Employment boom….
10,000 Jobs for Sierra Leoneans
By Yeanoh Kabia
The Sierra Leone
Sorghum Farmers Association (SLSFA) has disclosed in an open letter to the Government
of Sierra Leone that sorghum farming has already created over 10,000
agricultural jobs for Sierra Leonean farmers countrywide.
The 10,000 jobs, the letter states, are intended to improve
the lives of farmers in the country. It also referred to the frequently launched
Post Ebola Recovery Priorities on private sector development which aims to
create what it said “10,000 agricultural jobs across key value chains and
increase growth and competitiveness”.
The letter also called on the Government of Sierra Leone to
facilitate the speedy implementation of the Finance Act 2016 to encourage local
manufacturers to absorb a greater percentage of sorghum to change the lives of
farmers and their households.
“Our ten years experience has created so much positive impact
in the country that if NRA calculates for five years the foreign exchange
reserve saved by the Bank of Sierra Leone compared to when their malt barley
were imported from other countries to Sierra Leone”, SLSFA maintained.
Meanwhile, the formation of the Sierra Leone Sorghum
Association in Sierra Leone is dated as far back in 2006, a year after the
inception of the sorghum project in Sierra Leone with a membership of approximately
10,000 active growers.
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