A general election is being held in Sierra Leone More than three million individuals were eligible to vote in the election, which began at...
A general election is being held in Sierra Leone
More than three million individuals were eligible to vote in the election, which began at around seven in the morning on Saturday.
More than three million people in the West African nation of Sierra Leone are waiting in line to cast their votes for their leaders, including the president.
In all regions of the nation, including Old Town, Bo, Kono, Karene, and Pujehun districts, people have shown up in equal numbers.
Election results so far indicate that everything is proceeding according to plan. In certain voting places in Freetown, the nation's capital, including Kondebotihun in Old Town, Dwarzark, and New England Ville, there is a delay in the release of election materials.
Voting on Saturday began at around seven in the morning in several polling places. According to rumours, there will be fierce competition between the candidates in the presidential and parliamentary elections, which will take place as cries for peace and the cost of living issue intensify since 2022.
After a civil war, an Ebola epidemic 10 years later, the corona pandemic that severely impacted it, and the conflict in Ukraine, Sierra Leone's economy did not recover from 1991 to 2022.
election for president
There are 12 men and 1 woman running for president, but Samura Kamara of the All People's Congress party, APC, is Julius Maada Bio's main rival.
After Bio of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) defeated Kamara in the first round of voting in 2018, Bio lost in the second round, the two candidates will run for office again.
In a nation with eight million people that depends on imports, voters will pay attention to a number of issues, including the rising price of food.
President Bola Tinubu received a visit from the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, yesterday at the Presidential Palace, Aso Rock Villa in Abuja.
A few hours after the President established the National Economic Development Council, King Sanusi arrived at the Villa.
An economist named Muhammadu Sanusi II fought tenaciously for the elimination of gasoline subsidies.
At the Aso Rock Presidential Palace, this is Tinubu and Sanusi's first encounter.
Not to be forgotten, the two men recently met in France.