The annual Presidential Townhall is set to hold in Kenema on the 17th of June this year. This is the first time a Presidential Townhall will be held out of Freetown. The event will take place at the Kenema City Hall, which will host up to two thousand people.
Minister of Information and Civic Education, Chernor Bah said the move is to ensure “we decentralize major events like these to other areas of the country.”
“We want to make sure everyone in this country has access to the Presidency. President Bio is also committed to listening and answering questions directly from people,” the Minister pointed out.
Last year, the Ministry hosted President Bio in a Presidential Townhall for the first time in history, with the President directly answering some of the 800 questions received from the public in a live three hour event.
The President covered important subjects like Youth employment, Feed Salone and Sierra Leone’s aspiration on the global stage with foreign policy and diplomacy.
This year the Ministry has already released a powerful teaser to back up the event announcement. The event will follow the current Civic Day Series format, preceded by a youth engagement event on the first day.
The event will bring together young people to learn about civic education and their role in strengthening it in their schools and communities.
