Chinese Government donates equipment for Parliament Renovation Project

Project narrative

On December 28, 2018, the Chinese Government completed the procurement and transportation of items to renovate the Sierra Leone Parliament in Freetown. The Chinese Government made a grant commitment for this project in December 2018, and it was expected to arrive in Freetown in January 2019. The installation of the equipment was to be done by Chinese experts during the last week of February 2019, and work was expected to be completed over a two-week period. The donation included 390 chairs for the Chamber, lower and upper galleries, 500 arm-chairs for committee and conference rooms, 10 office chairs, 6 executive chairs for the Leadership of Parliament, 52 chairs for the conference room at the new administrative building, 400 chairs for the State Hall, 150 microphones, speakers and other audio equipment for the Chamber, committee room 1, State Hall and the conference room at New Building, 2.500 m^2 of green and red carpet for offices of the Leadership, Members' Lounge and the Chamber, 50 multi-purpose tents, 2 air-conditioners, 4 laser jet printers, and 2 black and white photocopiers. On January 24, 2019, Mathew S. Nyuma, the Speaker of Sierra Leone’s Parliament, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Abass Chernor Bundu, called on the Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Wu Peng, ‘to convey the unanimous appreciation of the House to the Chinese Government for the gifts it had rendered to Parliament, through the Government and the People of Sierra Leone.