By: Ilyasa Baa
A delegation from Sierra Leone comprising Special Adviser to the President, Dr. Amaru Bond Wurie, Mrs Emily Gogra, the Deputy Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Mr Bockarie Kalokoh, Deputy Minister of Finance and others will lead Sierra Leone to attend a two days conference in Finland on the theme: building a resilient trade relationship between Sierra Leone and Finland.
This medium has been reliable informed that the High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr. More Manyeh and his Deputy Mrs. Yvonne King will also attend the conference to make the country acquire 85% Finnish grant to companies that want to do business in Sierra Leone.
The facilitator of the conference who is the head of the Sierra Leone Consulate Planning Team based in Helsinki, Finland, Sorie Obai Kamara (Obi-phrase) has in an interview with this medium said the country really stands to benefit hugely from the conference which will be held on 11th at Caisa Auditorium, Kaikukatu in Helsinki and day two which is in the 12th, according to him, will be held at Eurooppasli otherwise known as the European Hall.
He said the conference which should have been held in September was postponed to the above mentioned date. He expressed that the delegations both from home and abroad know the issues very well noting that Sierra Leoneans are looking up to them to make strong cases for the country to benefit.
The gracing of the conference by the former Finnish Ambassador to India, now Under Secretary of State, Mrs. Nina Vaskundahti who will be delivering the Key Note Address, is seen as a blessing for Sierra Leone.
With her vast experiences, she is expected to smoothen the way for Finnish owned companies to invest in Sierra Leone thereby cushioning the effect of Covid-19 on the country’s economy. The sponsorship of the conference does not hinge on the government of Sierra Leone but international partners.
