{"id":80698,"date":"2017-03-20T00:17:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T00:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=80698"},"modified":"2017-03-20T00:17:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T00:17:15","slug":"government-displays-transparency-in-709-carat-diamond-transaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=80698","title":{"rendered":"Government Displays Transparency In 709 Carat Diamond Transaction"},"content":{"rendered":"

The demarche undertaken by the government in the handling of the 709 carat diamond found in Kono district is credible and worth commending.<\/p>\n

The decision taken by its owner to hand it over to the government is inspirational and worth emulating.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, diamond experts in South Africa and Belgium have estimated the gemstone at a colossal $62 million!<\/p>\n

A similar gemstone was discovered by a Fullah alluvial miner during the SLPP administration but the government dismissed the gem as an ordinary stone. The stone was not returned to its owner. The whole saga ended as a buff case.<\/p>\n

In effect, it is against this background that I have always said that the APC and SLPP only differ in their eating habits: one eats under cover of darkness while the other eats in broad daylight with rudeness!<\/p>\n

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