Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Talks about 140 Billion Energy Subsidies, Seeks Partnership for Sustainable Financial Model

New Brookfields Hotel, Freetown, Thursday 25 March 2021 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has called for a sustainable partnership when he addressed a roundtable of stakeholders in the energy sector, saying Government spent in excess of Le140 Billion to subsidise electricity supply in 2020 alone.  “I am…

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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Takes COVID-19 Vaccine, Assures Citizens that the Marklates are Safe and Efficacious

State House, Freetown Monday 15 March 2021 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has taken the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine during a symbolic ceremony at State House, where Vice President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh and opposition politicians also took the jab. Before the vaccination, the President responded…

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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Engages Development Partners, Diplomatic Community on COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout Strategies

State House, Freetown, Friday 12 March 2021 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has engaged development partners and the diplomatic community on the successes of Sierra Leone in the fight against COVID-19 and the plan to roll out vaccination throughout the country. The meeting brought together the Ministry…

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Office of Presidential Infrastructure Initiative Presents Report on Traffic Lights, Pedestrian Bridges and Streetlights in Freetown to Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio

State House, Freetown, Thursday 11 March 2021 – Chairman Office of Presidential Infrastructure Initiative, OPII, Dr John Edward Tambi, has presented their report on feasibility studies for the construction of pedestrian bridges, installations of traffic signals and streetlights in Freetown to His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio. While thanking…

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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Joins Eminent Sierra Leonean Women to Observe International Women’s Day, Explains Efforts to Legislate Affirmative Action Bill 2021

Videoconference, Freetown, Thursday 11 March 2021 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has engaged First Lady, Fatima Maada Bio, and other eminent Sierra Leonean women on “Women in Leadership”, in commemoration of International Women’s Day. Mrs Bio said that the women of Sierra Leone were incredibly pleased and…

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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Celebrates Women, Promises Affirmative Action Bill 2021

Presidential Lodge, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Monday 8 March 2021 – His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has announced on Twitter that apart from celebrating International Women’s Day 2021 he will also engage Parliament on the Affirmative Action Bill this year. “Today, I reflect on the challenges we’ve faced and…

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Justice Miatta Maria Samba Subscribes to the Oath of Office as Supreme Court Judge of the Republic of Sierra Leone

State House, Freetown, Tuesday 2 March 2021 – Justice Miatta Maria Samba was today sworn in as Justice of the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone following her appointment by His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio and approval in Parliament on 23 February 2021. In her statement after the official…

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UN Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel Bids farewell to Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio

Presidential Lodge, Freetown, Monday 1 March 2021 – The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, and head of UNOWAS, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has taken formal leave of His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio. The Ghanaian-born career diplomat and international civil servant…

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Chinese Ambassador Hu Zhangliang Presents COVID-19 Vaccines to Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio

Presidential Lodge, Freetown, Monday 1 March 2021 – Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, H.E. Hu Zhangliang, has presented 200,000 doses of the SinoPharm COVID-19 Vaccine to His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio on behalf of the President and People’s Republic of China.  The donated items, which arrived in the…

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