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In recent months, West Africa has witnessed two contrasting approaches to governance—one in Liberia and the other in Sierra Leone. The actions of Liberia’s President Joseph Boakai and Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio offer a revealing look at how two leaders can handle accountability in vastly different ways.
In Liberia, President Boakai took decisive action by suspending Central Bank Governor Aloysius Tarlue following a serious audit that uncovered significant governance failures and financial misconduct.
This decision underscores Liberia’s commitment to accountability and the rule of law, demonstrating that even high-ranking officials are not beyond the reach of justice.
In contrast, Sierra Leone presents a different narrative. President Bio suspended the Auditor General and her Deputy and particularly after the tribunal report recommended their removal.
This action appears to stem from the discomfort their investigations posed to his administration.
By taking this step, President Bio seems to be sidestepping scrutiny and weakening the very systems designed to ensure governmental accountability. This approach risks undermining public trust and eroding the rule of law.
The disparity in governance between these two nations is striking.
While Liberia is actively addressing governance failures, Sierra Leone seems to be gravitating towards authoritarianism, where power is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few and dissenting voices are suppressed.
President Bio’s actions should raise concerns among those who cherish democracy.
The misuse of power to evade accountability not only weakens institutions that safeguard public interests but also sets a perilous precedent for the future. It is crucial for Sierra Leone’s government to reconsider its course and uphold the values of transparency and accountability, which are vital for the nation’s development and stability.
The difference between the two is simple. While the President of Liberia is Democratically Elected by his people, Maada Bio on the other hand used state security to steal the mandate of the people of Sierra Leone. He has no Legitimacy to govern. With all due respect, do not compare the two. Maada Bio is. Dictator who enjoys killing his own people. We’ll NOT saying this until he’s tried and sentenced to life in prison for taking the lives of so many Sierra Leoneans.
Can the opinion writer name one big policy instrument that sleepy Joe has delivered for Liberian people? Nothing.
How good is it to hear the thieves shouting thief. Talking about killing? The real killer is the fugitive presently in Nigeria, who just killed over 21 innocent servicemen and fled the country. HaHa!
I think we have all seen the APCs fighting when they were charged to court for corruption, calling it political witch hunt.
You guys are always of the opinion that Maada Bio stole power from the the opposition but the how is always unexplainable
The people of this country can still attest to the fact that this same opposition told their supporters not to take part in the Mid Term Census. Also, time for election registration the opposition told their people not to register. Again, when it was time to campaign, the only place in the province the opposition went was Makeni, Kono, Moyamba and the Western area. Furthermore, the opposition had vloggers all over the place who were payed to ” KOTO” for the very electorates (South easterners)who were expected to vote for them.
My dear, all of these things are not news to level headed Sierra Leoneans
If for President Bio was illegitimate am not sure if he would have been the president for the Security Council in the United Nations.
Na ya wi dae
Ma’ada Bio is not a good leader. He cannot be compacted with any currently Democratically Elected leader, even in Africa. Ma’ada Bio is a leader who does not care much about the sufferings of his people and the status of the country he is ruling.
During this hard times, Ma’ada Bio stole the country’s limited resources to buy a very expensive car for his personal use. Besides, Ma’ada Bio stole Le 800 million Leones from the Central Bank of Sierra Leone to build a hotel in the Gambia.
. Again, Ma’ada Bio stole $18 million dollars for the Central Bank in 1996 which he invested in Ghana and when that money got finished, he came back to steal more money from the Central Bank of Sierra Leone to invest in other countries.
Ma’ada Bio has said, he spent $ 86.5 million dollars to Bribe people to get Leone at the Central Bank of Sierra.
Ma’ada Bio travels a thousand times more than any other leader in Sierra Leone and even West Africa. Ma’ada Bio travels with many people at the expence of our state funds.( They go out frequently for DSA and bring back Fake receipts.
This week alone, Ma’ada Bio has gone to the United States of America with three hundred and five people. This is an
over- exploitations of the limited resources of this country.
Ma’ada Bio has not made any valuable investment in Sierra Leone. Rather, he is here to Exploit our resources and Invest in other countries.
Ma’ada Bio is not Honest, he is a killer president, a Lair a Thief and an Undemocratic leader. Ma’ada Bio has destroyed the SLPP party for its owners
Ma’ada Bio is not a TRUE SLPP party member. Ma’ada Bio was paid by the SLPP party before he handled over power to the party in 1996.
Ma’ada Bio openly stole the June 24 th, 2023 elections from Samura Kamara.
The current APC Executive has sold their party’s victory to Ma’ada Bio for ” a mess of portage”.
Samura Kamara will not accept that. The APC party executive members have an unjustifiable hatred against Samura Kamara because Samura is an intellectual ( he has a superior power of reasoning more than all of them put together), he is industrious and ingenious ( skillful in inventing).
God is ready to deliver this country. It is only a question of time. Everybody meaningful or Patriotic Sierra Leonean will be happy to be a Sierra Leonean.