Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a strong party that is committed to offering hope to the electorate.
He stated this while fielding questions from journalists after the inauguration of President Maada Bio of Sierra Leone on Saturday, a statement by Laolu Akande, the vice president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, noted yesterday. Akande quoted Osinbajo as saying “in politics, as you know, there will always be tension, but the party is strong and the leadership and membership of the party are committed to ensuring it remains strong and continues to offer hope to the people. “I think a lot of the issues will be resolved as we go along. “This is the normal order of things; there will be disagreements, there will be those who may feel that they need certain preferences or certain things which may not have been done earlier on.
I don’t think there is any major problem.” On the significance of the inauguration of Sierra Leone’s President, the vice president said it was a great celebration of democracy as the transition was peaceful from one civilian president to another. According to him, it signals hope for the people of Sierra Leone as President Maada Bio is a consummate technocrat. Osinbajo reaffirmed hope that the new president would collaborate with other African leaders to ensure growth and peace on the continent.
“President Bio repeated this in my conversation with him, and said how grateful he was. “We have maintained very good relationship; I believe that relationship will continue.”
Born on May 12, 1964, Maada Bio is the 5th and current President of Sierra Leone since April 4, 2018. He defeated Samura Kamara of the ruling All People’s Congress in the runoff vote of the 2018 Sierra Leone presidential election with 51.8 per cent of the votes to Kamara’s 48.2 per cent. Bio succeeded Ernest Bai Koroma as president, who was constitutionally ineligible to run for the presidency, having served the maximum two five year terms
