Following months of careful vetting and background checks, eleven new members have been formally incorporated into the ranks of Chozen Generation Sierra Leone. New members subscribed to the oath and appended their names on the CGSL Membership Register last Sunday 6^th June 2021 at the Africell/America Corner in Freetown.

Over thirty young Sierra Leoneans submitted applications for membership The recruitment process started in February 2021. The induction marks the end of the recruitment process.

Welcoming the new members, Joel Abdulai Kallon, National Coordinator of Chozen Generation, said the annual induction of new members is special not just for the CGSL membership, but for the country at large.

He pinpointed that joining the organization is a call to national duty as every Chozen Generation member is expected to make a difference in society.

“At CGSL we aspire to be different, he said. “We want to be different because we are tired of the society in which we live. We are tired of living in a country where young people are reduced to opportunists. To beggers clamoring after politicians for even the most basic things.

“We are tired of a country where there is a lack of belief in talent and skills, where qualities and virtues like excellence hard work no longer matter to young people. We want to build that culture again.

“I am putting it to you ladies and gentlemen that you have a role to play in that regard. Bring energy, positive mind to Chozen Generation. In place of pettiness, Small mindedness, bring excellence and the ability to see beyond the basics.

Mr. Kallon noted that new members are central to the growth and continuation of the Chozen Generation’s ideology. He encouraged them to jealously guard the organization and be particular about their friends and associates.

“In the next five or ten years, this current crop of CGSL leaders might have become too old-fashioned or too out of touch with the leadership realities of the day. That is why it is important that the organization annually attracts and recruits a new group of dynamic, energetic, and firebrand leaders into its fold,” he said.

2020 Ten Most Outstanding Sierra Leoneans Award recipient, Honorable Ibrahim Tawa Conteh, Parliamentarian for constituency 132, who served as the keynote speaker admonished new members to imbibe the organization’s culture of patriotism, hard work, and diligence.

“You are not coming in as inductees today because they told you all the fancy things. Rather, you are coming in as inductees because you believe in the values and principles of the organization and must therefore strive to uphold them. Those values include nationalism, patriotism, and tolerance for diversity.”

 

Chozen Generation’s Deputy Programs Coordinator, Mr. Ibrahim Bangura moderated the event whilst the programs coordinator briefed the audience and inductees on the history, values, and achievements of the organization. Massah Esther Nyallay Bockarie revealed how the organization transformed her life and have supported her dreams.

This year’s inductees came from diverse backgrounds and they include students, recent graduates, and working professionals.