Twitter, a microblogging and social networking service has verified the account of Dr. Samura Kamara, Sierra Leone’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs and 2018 Presidential flagbearer of the opposition All People’s Congress (APC).

Kamara, who tweets with the username @samurakamara201 was the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Sierra Leone from 2012 to 2017, Minister of Finance and Economic Development from 2009 to 2013, Governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone from 2007 to 2009, Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance during President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah’s administration.

The 2023 presidential aspirant who joined Twitter in April 2022 has garnered 13,975 followers as at press time.

His verification puts him among the list of few eminent personalities who are recognized with a blue tick on the social media platform, including President Julius Maada Bio.