Sierra Leone: Maada Bio appoints ministers and new chief minister
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the head of the 5050 gender parity groupdr fatu taqi said. while we congratulate the women we are a little bit disappointed that only four of the 27 full cabinet positions went to women1 sierra leones president julius maada bio has appointed 27 ministers four of whom are women and simultaneously created a new super-ministry headed by a chief minister1 as explained in a statement by the presidents office on tuesday professor francis role combines that of the chief of staff in the previous regime. he is like the prime minister the man who will run the government1 according to the statement francis will ensure that the government1 he is expected to provide competent leadership for the day-to-day operational co-ordination oversight monitoring and evaluation of government business1 he will serve as the central hub responsible for the overall co-ordination and facilitates the implementation of the governments strategic priorities1 he will work with all government ministers andco-ordinate the implementation of government policies across all ministries departments and agencies mdas1 as directed by the executive president the chief minister chairs the 3 cross-cutting sectoral ministries for inter-governmental co-ordination including education and social development sector ministries finance and economic development sector ministries and the peace security and justice sector ministries government explained1 the office of the chief minister will also supervise the directorate of presidential infrastructural projects and service delivery dpipsd directorate of strategy policy and planning dspp directorate of performance management monitoring and evaluation dpmme millennium challenge coordinating unit mccu and directorate of institute for science and technology dist. a permanent secretary will provide the administrative leadership for the office of the chief minister1 women advocates have criticised the new government for appointing only four women into the 27-man full cabinet positions . one of the women appointed is nabeela tunis wife of the parliamentary leader of the governing slpp party1 appointed to run the super ministry is professor david francis maada bios former teacher at bradford university in uk and chairman of the transition committee1 she urged the president to put on the gender lens in appointing people to ambassadorial and parastatal positions1 most of the nominees are from the southeastern stronghold of the presidents party although there are northerners in senior positions such as education health trade and youth affairs1 president maada bio also gave ministerial slots to members of other political parties excluding the former ruling apc. the presidential running-mate of the adp party which did not support bio in the runoff poll haja isata abdulai-kamara was appointed as non-cabinet minister resident minister northwest1 charles margai presidential candidate of of pmdc party which backed bio is attorney general1 another non-slp member appointed is peter bayuku konteh. he heads the ngc party and was a former apc cabinet minister. he is the new minister of trade-designate1 full list of cabinet and non-cabinet ministers1 chief minister professor david francis finance minister jacob saffa attorney general and minister of justice charles margai attorney general minister of primary and secondary education alpha timbo minister of health dr alpha wurie minister of energy kanja sesay minister of information and communications mohamed swarray minister of marine resources emma kowa minister of labour adekunle king minister of water resources dr jonathan tengbe minister of social welfare gender1 resident ministers1 1. resident minister south mr. mohamed k. alie 2. resident minister east mr. andre 3. resident minister north mr. abu abu koroma 4. resident minister north west haja isata abdulai-kamara1