Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman of the United States recently worked directly with Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister David Francis to call President Bio a global leader on his policies, especially free and quality education and human rights compliance. Mentioned. , Commitment to the fight against corruption, and making Sierra Leone a business-friendly country further strengthened relations between the two countries.

Obviously, President Bio’s free quality education policy has increased the number of Sierra Leonean students in schools to 2.6 million, provided free textbooks and school buses, and increased the number of teachers on government vouchers. .. To focus teachers on school, Bio President increased salaries by 30% and allowances by 10%. President Bio’s government is currently spending 22% of the country’s education budget. This action by President Bio has gained the respect of Sierra Leone at the international stage, and its effectiveness and commitment give President Bio an opportunity to engage with democracies ready to secure a literate world. Brought. This praise is further enhanced by the Hands Off Our Girls project, which has become a role model for emulating other African countries. Raising awareness about girl education, school retention, and the most spectacular, early marriage, hygiene, and special courts recently established to attempt perpetrators of child abuse in Sierra Leone society is new to other countries. I am anxious to duplicate it as a means of fairness.

A recent UN Universal Periodic Review human rights record of President Bio puts Sierra Leone in a special position in Africa, which catalyzes national peace and stability. This, coupled with the enormous battle against corruption, has had the wonderful result of recovering billions of Leones from corrupt country officials, in both past and present administrations, sparing fictitious contractors. Brought. A major international barometer in the fight against corruption assesses Bio-President Bio’s willingness to commit corruption for the first time in Sierra Leone’s history. President Bio has shown his commitment to fighting political motivation and corruption, even if the arrow points to his own Henchman. Transparency International and Afro Barometer are so compelling that President Bio is ready and determined to combat corruption, a threat to Sierra Leone society.

The abolition of the Incitement and Slander Act from the Public Order Act of 1965 represents President Bio’s urge to amend the law in Sierra Leone. The Public Order Act of 1965 unnecessarily held free speech in the country. President Bio promised to remove strict legislation from the Sierra Leone constitution during the political movement. And most importantly, the elimination of the death penalty and the amendments to cyber law implemented by President Bio have put the Sierra Leone media at the forefront of the country’s democratization process today. These positive and productive actions of President Bio convince the U.S. government that in fact President Bio’s administration is seriously and in high gear resetting Sierra Leone’s priorities to change Sierra Leone’s political paradigm. I did.

The new direction government has promised the people of Sierra Leone that the SLPP government will allow them to benefit from the blessings of their own nature. With his wisdom, President Bio terminated the American Mining Company and instead demanded better negotiations for the benefit of the people of Sierra Leone. The issue was brought to court by S / L mining, but later decided to resolve the case with the new direction government. President Bio and his team have succeeded in moving the share of the Sierra Leone people from just 2% previously negotiated by the corrupt APC to 10% of the revenue from the ore mines. This bilaterally favorable situation by both parties puts President Bio in the layer of leaders who clearly care for the general public and, as always, is enthusiastic about turning the course out of business. As an innovative leader, President Bio has secured a free market and easy access to the mining sector, agriculture and ecotourism. Investment Borad was created as the first means for investors and businesses to register and protect quickly and easily. According to Professor David Francis, investors can make a profit in their business by deciding to invest in Sierra Leone.

The Joe Biden / Kamala Harris administration in the United States is attracted to the work of President Bio’s administration, which continues to focus and promote democratic practices and the rule of law. By meeting the discipline and standard benchmarks set out in fiscal policy and respect for international protocols, the U.S. government will mark President Bio as an emerging African leader with his own ideas and worth doing business. became. Sierra Leone is now considered an honest and promising country in Africa, and the business environment is no longer muddy, very transparent and reliable, so there is a strong demand for investment in Sierra Leone in the U.S. business community. increase. In this context, the Biden administration convincingly confronted the fight against corruption, the premium of human capital development, and the institutionalization of humans, after which Sierra Leone’s $ 400 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) The right to decide to continue working with the bio-administration to signal the arrival.

Most recently, the US government has lifted the visa sanctions imposed on the Sierra Leone government in 2017. This is because the Government of Biden finds commitment and credibility in the leadership of President Bio.

Sierra Leone is one of the first countries to benefit from the donation of vaccines from the United States to other countries. The United States has provided 113,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine and approximately one million doses of Johnson and Johnson to strengthen Bio-President’s efforts in the fight against COVIID ’19.

In addition, the US government has provided $ 217 million to the government of Sierra Leone to improve the energy supply to the people of Sierra Leone. In addition, President Bio’s government has given the IMF and the World Bank trust, trust and trust, benefiting the people of Sierra Leone in key areas of development. It is very likely that the US Peace Corps will resume operations in Sierra Leone as soon as the situation at COVID-19 subsides.

The people of Sierra Leone have great expectations as President Bio stays within the Sustainable Development Goals with passion and dedication. The legacy of President Bio is a model that has withstood the challenges of time and will continue to emulate future leaders. President Bio and his new direction government have conveyed the mantra of their campaign to the praise of the US government.

PEL Coloma

Information attaché’

Embassy of Sierra Leone

Washington DC