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Imran Sillah, a member of the Strategic Communications Unit, confirmed that President Julius Maada Bio utilizes state funds for his overseas travel to deliver public lectures.
When asked about the financial source for the president’s travel expenses, Sillah openly acknowledged that state funds are used to cover these costs.
Addressing the question of how beneficial these trips are for Sierra Leone, Sillah emphasized the importance of the social capital President Bio accumulates during these engagements.
In a recent interview on Africa Young Voices Television’s “Good Morning Sierra Leone” program, He highlighted that the connections and relationships fostered through these public lectures could significantly contribute to the country’s development in the long term.
Sillah illustrated his point by drawing a personal parallel, suggesting that if he had the chance to deliver a lecture at Harvard University, the value would extend beyond the lecture itself. The potential networking opportunities and connections formed could be immensely beneficial, given the influential audience and their external networks.
God knows d best
In addition to the fact that he is using state funds, or taxpayer funds for these personsal trips, what’s being left out is that you sometimes get paid for such lectures. So he is using taxpayer funds for these trips while getting paid money he puts in his pockets. Social capital my behind. The country doesn’t benefit, Bio does. He wants to be a statesman, he wants international fame and the poor people of our country are paying for that. A round trip private jet all the way to SK has to cost close to 200,000 USD and that is before the cash he drains out of the consolidated fund for per diems for him and his entourage that he doesn’t need because food and hotel are covered, but he probably took at least 50,000 USD for himself. Tiff man.
It’s time, we start benefiting from social media. Know that south Korean just approved $10 billion for Africa. And about 23 heads of state attended. Any how e be, salone go must get something from that.
You sit there talking about president lek travel. Know say, for natin Waka betteh pass for natin sidom.
Just 6 to 7 years ago, even government to pay salaries been very difficult.
Mind u, salone na very poor country. If president nor move, we go cheam each other. The president just get for try improve salone image. Because, salone been get bad name for the wrong reason. Na dat make dem been dae call salone fragile country up to 2018. But that name don dae loss now. Because salone don dae na security council. En all dem kind gathering, go make we be recognized.
The level of stupidity exhibited by so-called educated Sierra Leoneans is so overwhelming. The President traveling on official trip and you expects him to use his money instead of constittional budgeted public fund. You guys never questioned EBK travels Over 11 years
Allah is taking record of the things we do and say
Which country papay travel to?
All this rubbish will surely comes to an end one day.
I didn’t understand the essence of this traveling because their is nothing… absolutely nothing to show out. Just wasting taxpayers money.
I have come to conclusion that, the whole SLPP JUNTA MENDECRATIC PARTY is full of myopic thinkers and thieves. That’s why as soon as they hold power, they started to misbehave and wreck the whole country.
Let the people of Sierra Leone continue to lift up prayers for this beleaguered country of ours for this wasteful administration that cares nothing for the people. Despite being buried in economic sludge & suffering masses, we have people happily bailing from our basket funds and hardly blinking an eye to hastily lift tariffs on goods, services & everything they can lay their hands on while gleefully rejoicing over the perpetually impoverished masses struggling to cope with rising prices versus an ever shrinking income. May God save us from this evil pharaoh in our land.
May God direct our leader’s well how to use public funds.