Claims that the mining sector is set to attract new investors, with various projects completed or in the throes of completion would also have to await the end of COVID-19 to see the effect of the actions undertaken.

The establishment of a Floating Storage Regasification Unit Terminal at the Freetown Harbour, the development, construction and commissioning of a 160 Megawatt hydro at Bikongo in Kono District, the implementation of a National Vehicle Fleet Policy, a master plan for ports and harbours throughout the country are all at a planning stage.

These include the Energy Sector Utility Reform Project by which government is improving the transmission and distribution network in Freetown, various donor funded solar projects in several communities, projects to improve the Transmission and Distribution system in major provincial towns and several plans to electrify rural communities and the major TRANSCO project.

Ø The feasibility study and preliminary design for the Rokel River Water Supply and signing of an MOU with a Chinese firm for the construction phase of the project to supply water to Freetown.

It is also worth noting that in his 2019 speech the President stated that Government has prepared for the establishment of the Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion.