President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Thursday 30th January visited the All People’s Congress Headquarters and signed the book of condolence honouring the late Hon. Abdul Franklin Serry Kamal. Shortly before signing the book of condolence, President Koroma praised Hon. Serry Kamal for his loyalty and commitment to the APC. He said the late man didn’t join the party for the benefits that accompanied such membership. “I will equate the role Serry Kamal played to the role of the founding fathers of the party,” the president asserted. “His stubbornness in 1996 was what brought the APC back to power,” he... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, February 3rd 2014 |
By Mohamed Rashid – The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) was established in 2009 to promote the accelerated adoption and sustainable use of all forms of renewable energy. The intergovernmental organization provides a global networking hub, advisory resource and unified voice for renewable energy across the globe. According to a statement published on its website, the founding members of IRENA were inspired by the opportunities offered by renewable energy to enable sustainable development while addressing issues of energy access, security and volatility. Please follow link:http://www.irena.org/DocumentDownloads/Publications/Africa_renewable_future.pdf Last week we read in the newspapers and on many websites that President Ernest Bai... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, January 29th 2014 |
The Sierra Leone Media and Civil society have been urged to be fully engaged with Government and share responsibilities for the development of the country. President Ernest Bai Koroma made this appeal during discussions with the leaderships of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, the Veterans Journalists Union, Civil Society Organisations and the open Government Initiative, at State House in Freetown. Stressing that this critical sector of governance has a vital role to play in the government machinery, the President expressed firm commitment to continue engaging them in the formulation and implementation of policies. The rapid growth of the country’s... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, January 19th 2014 |
His Excellency the President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma is a quintessential politician whose successful romance with the Sierra Leone Muslim Community has dazzled most citizens at home and abroad. Since the patriotic, compassionate and God-fearing leader assumed power in 2007, he has never relented in giving support to the Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj), which is one of the five pillars of Islam. Born to a cultured and dedicated Christian family in the Northern city of Makeni in the Bombali District, President Ernest Bai Koroma was raised in a Christian home with Wesleyan background. But what has left most Sierra Leoneans bewildered... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, December 30th 2013 |
Sierra Leone’s President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma and family spent this year’s Christmas celebrations mingling with the people of Port Loko district. Every year, President Koroma and family would spend their Christmas holiday in Makeni, the city of his birth. But this time round, he decided to grace the people of Port Loko with his presence. The president’s convoy left Freetown on Tuesday 24th December for Port Loko through Lungi, Lokomasama and Port Loko town. President Koroma, first lady Sia Nyama, daughters Alice and Dankay, and a coterie of Presidential staffers arrived in Port Loko town where they were greeted... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, December 30th 2013 |
