Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio chairs WAMZ Summit, Encourages Member States to Unite on Single Currency Agenda

State House, Freetown, Tuesday 23 June 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has encouraged an extra-ordinary virtual summit with colleague Heads of State and Government of the member states of the West Africa Monetary Zones, WAMZ, to unite in achieving the single currency agenda. With Eco being…

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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Expresses Outrage at Incidents of Rape and Sexual Penetration

State House, Freetown, Tuesday 23 June 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has used today’s press conference, also broadcast live, to express his outrage and total condemnation of the continued incidents of rape, sexual and gender-based violence in the West African nation.  “The depravity of sexual violence…

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Sewa Energy Resources Limited Donates 20,000 Solar Lamps to Support Free Quality Education in Sierra Leone

State House, Freetown, Wednesday 17 June 2020 – Chief Executive Officer of Sewa Energy Resources Limited, Kofie Macauley, today presented 20,000 solar lamps, worth Le 4 billion, to His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio as part of their support to government’s free quality education programme. Minister of Energy, Alhaji…

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Sierra Leone’s President Bio Strengthens COVID-19 Fight at Regional Administrative Levels

State House, Freetown, Tuesday 16 June 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has met with Resident Ministers, who doubled as COVID-19 Regional Coordinators, at State House and presented them with vehicles to ease their work in the fight against the Coronavirus, COVID-19. Chief Minister, Professor David Francis,…

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NPPA Presents 2018 Annual Public Procurement Assessment Report to President Bio, Explains Sierra Leone Spending Analyses

State House, Freetown, Monday 15 June 2020 – Chief Executive Officer of the National Public Procurement Authority, NPPA, Ibrahim Brima Swaray, has presented the 2018 Annual Public Procurement Assessment Report to and updated His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio on the country’s spending analyses. He disclosed that over the…

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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio ties tree planting to national development and minimising adverse impact of climate change

Mortomeh, Bathurst, Friday 5 June 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio commenced a national tree planting exercise and launched the National Tree Planting Project to minimise impact of climate change and fulfil commitment in the country’s Medium-Term National Development Plan. “In general, the project is aimed at…

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President Julius Maada Bio explains why massive investment in mental health matters in present-day Sierra Leone

SLPTH Complex, Kissy, Freetown, Thursday 4 June 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has said at the commissioning of the renovated Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital Complex, SLPTH, that mental health intervention is within government’s overarching human capital development priority. “Here is why all this matters. Our…

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