The annual Presidential Town Hall is set to hold in Kenema, eastern Sierra Leone, on 17 June this year at the Kenema City Hall, which is expected to host up to two thousand people.
This is the first time a Presidential Town Hall will be held outside the capital Freetown. The event will follow the current Civic Day Series format, preceded by a youth engagement event on the first day.
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,” Minister Bah said.
Last year, the Ministry hosted President Bio in a Presidential Town Hall 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 bring together young people to learn about civic education and their role in strengthening it in their schools and communities.