Important story!-----Akon Offered to Restore Power to Puerto Rico in 30 Days But US Gov't Refused to Let Him | The Daily Sheeple

Akon Offered to Restore Power to Puerto Rico in 30 Days But US Gov't Refused to Let Him | The Daily Sheeple: 
"...As the Guardian reported at the launch of their project, Akon and his two co-founders — Thione Niang, a Senegalese political activist, and Samba Bathily, a Malian entrepreneur and CEO of the solar energy company Solektra International — believe that what rural African communities need is not overseas charity but affordable renewable energy delivered by fully trained African professionals, managing for-profit projects that bring longevity, generate jobs and build new self-sustaining economies.
They were right.
In less than one year, according to the charity group Akon Lighting Africa, a wide range of quality solar solutions, including street lamps, domestic and individual kits, have been installed in 14 African countries — thanks to a private-public partnership model and a well-established network of partners (including SOLEKTRA INT, SUMEC and NARI).
As a result, a number of households, villages, community houses, schools and health centers located in rural areas have been connected to electricity for the first time ever. 
Local jobs, primarily for young people, have also been created in these communities, for installation of equipment’s and for maintenance.
The transformative effects that a single group has had in the region are nothing short of astonishing and speaks to the nature of the decision to refuse to allow Akon to restore power to Puerto Rico.
On the contrary, other contractors were given billions of taxpayer dollars to “aid” in the recovery efforts only to be caught swindling taxpayers.
US Rep. Elijah Cummings and Stacey Plaskett, the congressional delegate from the US Virgin Islands, signed a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, calling into question a $156 million contract awarded to a small Atlanta-based company, Tribute Contracting LLC, according to CNN.
For their $156 million dollar price tag, Tribute Contracting promised to deliver 30 million meals to starving Puerto Ricans. 
However, the company only came through with 50,000 meals, delivering just 0.25 percent of their end of the bargain.
To put that into perspective, each one of those meals cost the US taxpayer $3,120. 
In the meantime, however, a company with a proven track record of restoring power while creating a market for energy and jobs using very little government funding, is turned down..."
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