Good afternoon all,
On behalf of Management and Staff of NMCP and the RBM Partnership, I want to thank God Almighty for His mercy and grace over us and for making it possible for us to actualise this memorial in honour of the late Dr. Samuel Juana Smith, former Director-DPC and Programme Manager-NMCP, MoHS.
To all Sympathisers and Partners, we are grateful you are able to make it this ceremony despite your busy schedules coupled with COVID-19 pandemic fight. Some sympathisers would have loved to be physically present, but could not due to circumstances beyond their control but rather joined through virtual connection. This demonstrates the high level of partnership between you as individuals or organisations/institutions, the NMCP and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation.
This partnership has been strengthened over the years by the late Dr. Samuel Juana Smith through his management and leadership with the hope of eliminating and finally eradicating malaria in Sierra Leone. He always emphasized to us that the fight against malaria cannot be won without stronger partnership.
On behalf of the MoHS, NMCP and the RBM Partnership, I thank you very much and may God richly bless you abundantly.
To the NMCP staff and RBM Partnership, I will be remiss in my duty if I fail to appreciate and thank you all. Thank you for all your efforts in putting this activity together.
The late Dr. Samuel Juana Smith believed in team work and capacity building. He usually advised and encouraged us on
team work and to think out of the box focusing on achievement of set targets. To promote team work, some of his exact words he usually told us was,
“do it the Arsenal way”. I will go on and on, on and on but time could not permit me.
I want to thank the leadership and the entire MoHS. A special thanks to the NMCP staff for standing by him to ensure that we achieve our set targets as a team and move malaria fight from grass to an admirable level.
Finally, I want to thank myself for taking this bold step to stand here and give this vote of thanks.
May the soul of Dr. Samuel Juana Smith and souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in perfect peace. Amen. God bless us all.
John Seppeh
SME Officer
NMCP/MoHS