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• UK Gives Ernest Koroma Government $40Million Dollars to help end Blackout in Sierra Leone!
  By Jan 29, 2008, 20:40
  
  Report by: Awareness Times Newspaper in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
  
  "Sierra Leone's traditional partners and former colonial masters, Great Britain, has yesterday assured that they will continue providing support to the new Government of President Ernest Bai Koroma. The UK is Sierra Leone's largest bilateral aid donor, spending some $80 million United States dollars notably on health care, clean water, education and economic projects.
  
  The following is the Press Statement issued in London:
  United Kingdom Department for International Development (London)
  
  PRESS RELEASE: 28 January 2008
  Coinciding with the visit of the President of Sierra Leone to the UK, Douglas Alexander, the Secretary of State for International Development today announced two programmes of assistance to Sierra Leone totalling £36 million. The programmes will provide support to the energy sector and the National Revenue Authority.
  
  Douglas Alexander said:
  " Sierra Leone has made huge progress since the civil war ended a decade ago, but the Government is struggling to raise enough revenue to fund basic services, like healthcare and education and is still heavily dependent on aid.
  " The UK’s support to the National Revenue Authority will increase domestic revenues by the equivalent of £10m a year from 2011, and will also decrease the cost of doing business in Sierra Leone. By modernising the way it does business, and increasing revenues, the government will have more money available to spend on providing healthcare, education and basic services to its citizens."
  However, a growing private sector requires a reliable electricity supply. Currently in the capital Freetown, generation for the power grid has almost completely collapsed and rural areas have no electricity at all. If averaged out over the whole population the power generated in 2007 was only about 2 Watts, equivalent to one light-bulb per 30 people.
  
  Douglas Alexander continued:
  "I am pleased to announce that the UK is providing £20 million to support the building up of the energy sector in Sierra Leone. Our money, along with that of other donors will mean that electricity availability will increase at least ten-fold. It should provide a sustainable electricity supply to the one million residents of Freetown and provide lighting and power for health centres, water pumping stations, colleges and police stations. I’m delighted that the UK can help Sierra Leone as it travels along the
  road to prosperity."

Source:
Internet research.

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