It was not long before her name became a synonym for “unstable”, “loose cannon”, “Mago mago” “political liability” etc among some APC stalwarts. You get the impression that there is an intellectual tradition of servility to power, as political chameleons infest our communities.īut with such a colourful resume, Sylvia’s appointment, unlike the others sent a chilly sensation along the political spines of some bigwigs in the APC party. The APC, like the French have perfected the art of assimilation a means by which opposition voices are systematically muzzled with minimal effort required.Īsk Tam Mbayo, Usman Boie and Mohamed Bangura.”. The APC party is good at harvesting dissenting voices and these dissenting voices have been too readily afflicted by the “if you can’t beat them, join them” contagion.
The president saw a talent that could be better served for the good of the country you think so?īut this is not new.
It may not have been the reason, but by some strange coincidence, she was later catapulted to the office of the President as Special Adviser for her troubles. She went to dramatic lengths to discredit Sorius Samura’s story. Vice president Sam Sumana at the centre of Timbergateīut when the “Timbergate” scandal broke out, she made a beeline, and became the self-anointed spokesperson for the government. But all that was before she was assimilated into the political blood circulation of the APC party. Sylvia was a virulent virus to the APC, ……then. She was one of the endangered species who dared to take the APC to task.Īt one point, she was rumoured to have displayed a picture of the President’s smalls in a scandal of an alleged extra-marital affair. Sylvia had been one of the most vociferous critics of Ernest Koroma and APC in general. The allegations and counter allegations that have been flying around do not taste palatable to the austerity laden palates of the electorate at all. Corruption is, as usual the common currency here (pardon the pun). But that has not dampened the rumour mill to get into motion. There has been no official explanation or reasons given for the current musical chair as we go to press. Sylvia got the nod for the Ministry of Social Welfare after the then Ministers Moijue Kai Kai and Mustapha Bai Attila were unceremoniously dispatched, following a slanging match that brought the Ministry into disrepute.
The Ministry of Social Affairs is no stranger to such political shenanigans. Some of his appointments may have looked like they came with hazard warnings attached “you cross me, I slay you.” It looks like Ernest is very good with the expiry and “use by dates” of those around him.
Others will see her dismissal as long overdue. Sylvia’s initial appointment was more shocking to her detractors than her disposal. Some of us are now shocked-proof, with a socially engineered immunity to the occasional political gymnastics of Ernest Bai Koroma. This time, both have become the latest anvil for Ernest Bai Koroma’s hammer. The news that “His Excellency the President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has decided to relieve Dr Sylvia Olayinka Blyden and Mrs Rugiatu Neneh Koroma of their duties as Minister and Deputy Minister respectively in the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs” may have surprised many.
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