French
Agribusiness multibillion dollar investment company Socfin has been commended
by visiting Sierra Leonean lawmakers for its good corporate social responsibility.
Socfin and many other foreign investment firms are
constantly criticised for their poor community relations in the country.
Socfin operates in the southern Pujehun district, where
it is developing a vast land of palm oil plantation. But the local communities
in the Malen Chiefdom where it is located have accused it of encroaching on
their lands and failing to fulfil many promises made to communities.
Socfin, in a statement, claimed that members of the
Agricultural Oversight Committee in the parliament exonerated and praised it
for living up to its corporate social responsibilities.
According to the company, it has done this by investing
in the health and education sectors, as well as improving on the food
sustainability and road network in the villages that fell under its concession,
which the lawmakers verified during the tours last week.
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee, Alimamy
Kargbo, challenged skeptics to travel and see for themselves and make their own
informed judgment of the situation on ground.
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