First Lady Presents Second Year Report of the ‘Hands Off Our Girls’ Campaign to Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio

State House, Freetown, Thursday 10 December 2020 – Her Excellency the First Lady, Madam Fatima Maada Bio has presented their second-year report on the “Hands Off Our Girls” campaign to His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House. She said she had heard her husband talk about how…

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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Urges Intra-African Trade Relations, Hopes Visit will Trigger Business Opportunities

Libreville, Gabon, Wednesday 9 December 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has addressed the media just outside the Presidential Palace in the capital, Libreville, and urged the continent to prioritise the African market and boost trade with itself. The President who was on a 3-day official visit…

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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Concludes Official Visit to Gabon, Visits Special Economic Zones to Engage Major Exporters

Libreville, Gabon, Wednesday 9 December 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has concluded his 3-day official visit to the Gabonese Republic where he met and had bilateral meetings with His Excellency Ali Bongo Ondimba and other senior government officials in the capital, Libreville. The President also visited…

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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Launches Le3.5 Billion Skills Development Fund for MMCET, Transforms the College into a Technical University

Milton Margai Goderich Campus, Freetown, Sunday 6 December 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has launched a Le3.5 billion Skills Development Fund to improve infrastructural improvements at the Milton Margai College of Education and Technology, MMCET, and pronounced it a full Technical University. The college, first named…

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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Launches Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy, Says Happy Women Make a Happy Nation

New Brookfields Hotel, Freetown, Thursday 3 December 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has launched the country’s first Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy 2020, saying that Sierra Leone will be happy if women, who form a major of its population, are happy. “We are here this…

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APRM Impressed with Sierra Leone’s Handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Encourages other Regional Member States to Adopt the Model

Presidential Lodge, Hill Station, Freetown, Monday 30 November 2020 – Head of Delegation of the African Peer Review Mechanism, APRM, Targeted Review Mission from the continental secretariat, Ambassador Dr Inonge Mbikusita Lewanika, has congratulated His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Sierra Leone’s exemplary efforts at managing COVID-19. “We…

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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Recognises AfDB, DfID Support to Electricity Expansion to Bo and Kenema, Assures of Similar Projects Across the Country

Bo City, Southern Province, Saturday 28 November 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has recognised the support from the UK’s Department for International Development, DfID, African Development Bank, AfDB, and other development partners for committing to the country’s energy expansion project. “Last year, I urged partners to…

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