By Jarrah Kawusu-Konte
There are moments in a nation’s life when history pauses, draws a deep breath, and asks a question: who will carry the torch forward? Sierra Leone stands at such a threshold. After seven painful years of broken promises, rising hardship and leadership without direction, the people are weary, not just of failure, but of politics that feels too far from their reality.
This is not just about winning an election. It is about healing a people, uniting a fractured land, and building a future that does not betray our children. And that sacred responsibility calls for a leader who is not shaped by ambition alone, but more so by sacrifice, vision and deep service.
That leader is Dr. Ibrahim Bangura.
From the overcrowded classrooms of Freetown where he began his education, to the historic halls of Oxford where he now teaches and inspires, Dr. Bangura has lived education, breathed policy and fought for justice, not in theories, but in practice in dusty villages, crowded conference halls, and sleepless nights of writing and advocacy.
He knows our problems because he has studied them, taught about them, and lived among them. Whether it’s the desperation of jobless graduates, the silenced dreams of rural girls denied quality education, or the painful disillusionment of seeing government betray its own people, Dr. Bangura has seen it all, and never looked away.
His campaign is not built on bitterness; it is anchored on belief. Belief that Sierra Leone can rise again if it is guided by truth, grounded in competence, and fueled by compassion. He speaks to inspire, not to impress. His hands are not stained by scandals, his name not bartered in deals, his conscience not for sale.
He offers a new kind of leadership – intelligent, inclusive, bold. Leadership that listens before it decides. That consults before it acts. That lifts others even when no one is watching. It is this kind of leadership that built the APC in its glory days, and it is this kind of leadership that will rebuild it now.
He has healed party wounds when others deepened them. He has united factions others feared to face. He has built consensus where many expected chaos. And now, he calls upon the APC to rise to its higher self, to choose not the loudest, not the richest, but the most prepared.
His Heal, Unite, Build mantra is more than a slogan, it is a map out of our national darkness. Heal the broken systems. Unite a party that must lead a people. Build a nation worthy of its name.
This election at the National Delegates Conference is going to be much more than a decision for today, it will be a determination about tomorrow. It is going to be a choice between recycling the comfortable and redefining the possible. It is going to be a test of whether we have truly learned from the pain of the past seven years, or whether we are content to relive it.
Dr. Ibrahim Bangura stands ready. Tested, trusted, triumphant in the quiet battles that matter.
Now, the road is calling. The torch is in sight. The time is now.
Let us heal with him.
Let us unite behind him.
Let us build through him.
Let us elect Dr. Ibrahim Bangura.
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Jarrah Kawusu-Konte is a communication Specialist, former Political Editor of the We Yone Newspaper (2003 – 2006) and former Communications Manager and Director of Communications at State House (2011 – 2018). Former APC MP candidate for Koinadugu District in 2002. A son of the soil, a believer in redemption, and a servant of hope.
