{"id":24107,"date":"2023-10-25T13:48:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T13:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/president-bio-calls-for-national-unity-to-move-sierra-leone-forward"},"modified":"2023-10-25T14:11:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T14:11:23","slug":"president-bio-calls-for-national-unity-to-move-sierra-leone-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/president-bio-calls-for-national-unity-to-move-sierra-leone-forward","title":{"rendered":"President Bio Calls for National Unity to Move Sierra Leone Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>President Bio in a crucial address to the nation on the 24th October, 2023, he emphasized the need to put an end to political bickering, hate speech, and disunity that has plagued the country in recent times.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"aswift_1_host\"><\/a>Speaking under the theme \u201cNational Peace and Cohesion,\u201d the President called on Sierra Leoneans to unite and collectively work towards a brighter future.<\/p>\n<p>President Bio stated, \u201cSierra Leoneans are tired of political bickering, hate speech, and disunity, and together, we must say never again. It is time to focus our energies, ideas, and our collective will towards a national agenda that delivers food security, provides jobs for our youths, empowers our women, and prepares our nation into a middle-income economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The President\u2019s speech was seen as a rallying cry for national unity and progress, highlighting the importance of coming together as a nation to address critical issues such as food security, employment opportunities for the youth, gender empowerment, and economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>Sierra Leoneans are now looking forward to seeing how this call for unity and national focus will be translated into actionable policies and initiatives that will lead the country towards a more prosperous and harmonious future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\">Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. President Bio in a crucial address to the nation on the 24th October, 2023, he emphasized the need to put an end to political bickering, hate speech, and disunity that has plagued the country in recent times. Speaking under the theme \u201cNational Peace and Cohesion,\u201d the President called on Sierra Leoneans to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":24105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[291,293,292],"class_list":["post-24107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-sierra-leone","tag-sierra-leone"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President Bio Calls for National Unity to Move Sierra Leone Forward - Sierra Leone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Bio in a crucial address to the nation on the 24th October, 2023, he emphasized the need to put an end to poli ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/president-bio-calls-for-national-unity-to-move-sierra-leone-forward\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Bio Calls for National Unity to Move Sierra Leone Forward\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Bio in a crucial address to the nation on the 24th October, 2023, he emphasized the need to put an end to poli ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/president-bio-calls-for-national-unity-to-move-sierra-leone-forward\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sierra Leone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-25T13:48:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-25T14:11:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2023\/10\/sm_1698230443.75712.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/president-bio-calls-for-national-unity-to-move-sierra-leone-forward#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/president-bio-calls-for-national-unity-to-move-sierra-leone-forward\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"President Bio Calls for National Unity to Move Sierra Leone Forward\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-25T13:48:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-25T14:11:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/president-bio-calls-for-national-unity-to-move-sierra-leone-forward\"},\"wordCount\":217,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/president-bio-calls-for-national-unity-to-move-sierra-leone-forward#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2023\/10\/sm_1698230443.75712.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Sierra-Leone\",\"Sierra-Leone\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/president-bio-calls-for-national-unity-to-move-sierra-leone-forward#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/president-bio-calls-for-national-unity-to-move-sierra-leone-forward\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/president-bio-calls-for-national-unity-to-move-sierra-leone-forward\",\"name\":\"President Bio Calls for National Unity to Move Sierra Leone Forward - 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