President Bio Departs Sierra Leone For ECOWAS Summit in Guinea-Bissau

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has on Saturday, July 8, departed Freetown for Guinea-Bissau to attend the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, in Bissau, the country’s capital.

Sierraloaded learned that, at the summit on Sunday, July 9, participants are expected to address memoranda on five pressing sub-regional issues.

These issues include a report of the 50th Ordinary Session of the Mediation and Security Council covering security challenges faced by the member countries, report of the 90th Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Council of Ministers on the financial situation of the body and the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area, as well as Report on the status of Transition in the Republics of Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea.

Other topics on the agenda for discussion include the ECOWAS Single Currency Programme and the report on obstacles to the free movement of goods on the Abidjan-Lagos corridor.

Guinea-Bissau is the first African State the President is visiting since his re-election on June 24, 2023.

The Sierra Leonean leader is expected back in the country at the end of the meeting.

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| 2023-07-09 09:11:22

If that man is not a president of this nation he will not be invited to that meeting, but because he is the right man and he win the election that why he was invited to the meeting. So bro let forget about that and move with life that man is the president of this lovely nation.
| 2023-07-09 08:54:39

Why don't you declare Dr. Samura Mathiew Wilson Kamara the winner of the 2023 Elections Already? Those of you who claim to be educated are the most unreasonable people in this country. You have sold your Allegiances to your party, rather than to the country. Elections are over, the earliest you accept your status, the better it is for you.
| 2023-07-09 08:46:20

Bio is the winner and President
Yayah Kaynard Mansaray | 2023-07-08 11:44:53

I can see some people are still upset about the re-electing of president bio But what I can say to them if you really follow up the counting of the vote you will truly knows that president bio really wins this election with no rigged It because of the ecsl chairman lack of transparency bring all this dough The APC never campaign in this election they were busy creating obstacles day and night while their co candidate busy with their supporters to have faith in them APC goes to the extend and say no election when the election day is almost near So we pray for good president I believe we had the president now
Francis Abdulai Joe Koroma | 2023-07-08 11:44:02

But he travelled to Guinea,Conakry a week ago, so why are you lying?
| 2023-07-08 11:03:38

H E Bio is our President. The past elections that gave him a landslide victory was the most Free, peaceful and most credible elections ever in the History of Sierra Leone. Victory!! Victory!! , Victory!! The terrorist Party members may not love you. But they are just from one region out of 4 . We will encourage them to realize that Sierra Leaon is set for greatness and only you can do it now. They want to indirectly re_ colonize our country as they did during their eleven years of misrule by signing 99 Years contract with the white folks. Gone are those days.
Emmanuel Fofanah | 2023-07-08 10:55:25

That show that you are very stupid to think that we are going to conduct election again,go and stop him now
Camps | 2023-07-08 10:46:24

Why would he be invited to attend this meeting when he's not the President of Sierra Leone? ECOWAS should exempt him from attending until the rightful winner of the June presidential elections, Dr Samura Kamara is restored and democracy prevails in Sierra Leone otherwise, this is going to be a big slap on members of the ECOWAS committee. Other member states of the International community are watching!!!