{"id":4235,"date":"2022-04-05T11:05:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T11:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention"},"modified":"2022-04-05T11:43:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T11:43:20","slug":"4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention","title":{"rendered":"4 YEARS OF PRESIDENT BIO\u2026 THE CHALLENGES THAT DEMAND URGENT ATTENTION"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>With the economy in bad shape due largely to both internal governance and financial management issues and international economic factors outside of the control of the Government, there are fundamental development issues that should fully engage the mind and energy of the Government going forward.<\/p>\n

The most pressing of them is resetting policies and strategies for real transformation in economic policy responses towards protecting and improving livelihoods for the teeming population of young people and women in the informal sector, investing in education and skills development and infrastructure as the foundation for sustained economic growth and social progress in the years to come.<\/p>\n

Second is how to correct the long-standing weaknesses in the fundamentals of the national economy which since 2020 have become more complex.<\/p>\n

The less-than-ideal trends in per capita income, consumer price inflation, foreign direct investment, current account deficit and the debt-to-GDP ratio show a Government moving gradually towards bankruptcy if not robustly and dynamically addressed.<\/p>\n

The full impact of COVID-related disruptions to key global supply chains, rising interest rates and liquidity crisis in major economies are being felt in Sierra Leone in terms of a huge fiscal squeeze, fuel price increase, high levels of food insecurity, youth unemployment and multidimensional poverty.<\/p>\n

Revenue and economic growth forecasts in the 2022 budget and expectations of a more positive macroeconomic outlook in the medium term have been adjusted downwards.<\/p>\n

Against this canvass, Government has no choice but to institute severe austerity measures and to do a lot more to eliminate inefficiencies and gaps in the allocation and management of public finances.<\/p>\n

What Sierra Leone\u2019s key political actors do this year will determine whether the country successfully holds elections in 2023 in a manner that helps to advance the process of democratic consolidation in the ensuing years.<\/p>\n

Since 2018, we have seen evidence of tit-for-tat than give-and-take politics, to the detriment of accelerated pursuit of the nation\u2019s development priorities.<\/p>\n

Protagonists across political divides and political leaders of all shades at the national, regional, district, and community levels must always remember that two wrongs do not make a right and an eye for an eye leaves both parties blind.<\/p>\n

As the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres said in is 2022 New Year\u2019s Day message: \u201cMoments of great difficulty are also moments of great opportunity to come together in solidarity; to unite behind solutions that can benefit all people and to move forward \u2014 together \u2014 with hope in what our human family can accomplish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thus should all Sierra Leoneans work for the country\u2019s unity, peace, freedom, and prosperity and put her interest above all else.<\/p>\n

Under the letter and spirit of the setting up by this Government of the National Commission for Peace and Cohesion there should be seen a recommitment to genuine dialogue between the leaders of the ruling party and the main opposition parties to address unresolved political grievances.<\/p>\n

Political parties cannot continue to merely function as vehicles for winning elections. To grow peacefully and inclusively the country must move towards a path of inclusive politics that builds bridges across ethnic, regional, gender, generational and disability status divides.<\/p>\n

As representatives of the people from all corners of the country, traditional leaders, MPs, civil society and the media must endeavor to serve as major contributors to the shaping of socioeconomic policies and governance processes to help deliver enhanced life chances to all citizens as dividends of democracy. Continued failure to do so will continue to weaken public trust in democracy and State institutions.<\/p>\n

Critically, the way party politics is played has to be reviewed from the ruling party\u2019s point of view if governance of the State is to be inclusive of opposition views, opinions and contributions.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. With the economy in bad shape due largely to both internal governance and financial management issues and international economic factors outside of the control of the Government, there are fundamental development issues that should fully engage the mind and energy of the Government going forward. The most pressing of them is resetting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7,8],"tags":[291,293,292],"class_list":["post-4235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-sierra-leone","tag-sierra-leone"],"yoast_head":"\n4 YEARS OF PRESIDENT BIO\u2026 THE CHALLENGES THAT DEMAND URGENT ATTENTION - Sierra Leone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With the economy in bad shape due largely to both internal governance and financial management issues and international ...\" \/>\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\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4 YEARS OF PRESIDENT BIO\u2026 THE CHALLENGES THAT DEMAND URGENT ATTENTION\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With the economy in bad shape due largely to both internal governance and financial management issues and international ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention\" \/>\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=\"2022-04-05T11:05:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-05T11:43:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/img-624c2b411c00d.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"464\" \/>\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=\"3 minutes\" \/>\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\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"4 YEARS OF PRESIDENT BIO\u2026 THE CHALLENGES THAT DEMAND URGENT ATTENTION\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-05T11:05:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-05T11:43:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention\"},\"wordCount\":635,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/img-624c2b411c00d.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Sierra-Leone\",\"Sierra-Leone\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention\",\"name\":\"4 YEARS OF PRESIDENT BIO\u2026 THE CHALLENGES THAT DEMAND URGENT ATTENTION - Sierra Leone\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/img-624c2b411c00d.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-05T11:05:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-05T11:43:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"With the economy in bad shape due largely to both internal governance and financial management issues and international ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/img-624c2b411c00d.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/img-624c2b411c00d.jpg\",\"width\":696,\"height\":464,\"caption\":\"4 YEARS OF PRESIDENT BIO\u2026 THE CHALLENGES THAT DEMAND URGENT ATTENTION\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"4 YEARS OF PRESIDENT BIO\u2026 THE CHALLENGES THAT DEMAND URGENT ATTENTION\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/\",\"name\":\"Sierra Leone\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"4 YEARS OF PRESIDENT BIO\u2026 THE CHALLENGES THAT DEMAND URGENT ATTENTION - Sierra Leone","description":"With the economy in bad shape due largely to both internal governance and financial management issues and international ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"4 YEARS OF PRESIDENT BIO\u2026 THE CHALLENGES THAT DEMAND URGENT ATTENTION","og_description":"With the economy in bad shape due largely to both internal governance and financial management issues and international ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention","og_site_name":"Sierra Leone","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-04-05T11:05:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-04-05T11:43:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":696,"height":464,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/img-624c2b411c00d.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"4 YEARS OF PRESIDENT BIO\u2026 THE CHALLENGES THAT DEMAND URGENT ATTENTION","datePublished":"2022-04-05T11:05:28+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-05T11:43:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention"},"wordCount":635,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/img-624c2b411c00d.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Sierra-Leone","Sierra-Leone"],"articleSection":["all news","economy","head lines","homepage-english"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention","name":"4 YEARS OF PRESIDENT BIO\u2026 THE CHALLENGES THAT DEMAND URGENT ATTENTION - Sierra Leone","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/img-624c2b411c00d.jpg","datePublished":"2022-04-05T11:05:28+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-05T11:43:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"With the economy in bad shape due largely to both internal governance and financial management issues and international ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/img-624c2b411c00d.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/img-624c2b411c00d.jpg","width":696,"height":464,"caption":"4 YEARS OF PRESIDENT BIO\u2026 THE CHALLENGES THAT DEMAND URGENT ATTENTION"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/4-years-of-president-bio-the-challenges-that-demand-urgent-attention#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"4 YEARS OF PRESIDENT BIO\u2026 THE CHALLENGES THAT DEMAND URGENT ATTENTION"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/","name":"Sierra Leone","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}