Minister Cee Bah Exposes His Childishness and Shames President Bio

At the just concluded Town Hall Meeting hosted by the Ministry of Information and Civic Education, held at the Bintrumani Conference Centre in Freetown, the Minister of Information of Information and Civic Education, Mr Chernor Bah, has exposed his childishness and at the same time has brought shame on President Julius Maada Bio, for publicly embarrassing a female participants who attended the event. SheStands one of the female activists and pro government supporters have expressed shock over the naïve behavior of the Information Minister, Mr. Chernor Bah.

‘’While we applaud the Government’s open door policy of engagements with citizens yet we were taken aback by the behaviour of the Minister and his henchmen for hounding Haja Mariama Kuyateh,’’ one of the participants told this medium.
Haja Kuyateh had struggled to be given audience to ask the President questions and she was refused persistently by the Information Minister but with courage she got the attention of the President who gave her permission to ask him questions.
Some political pundits say the minister acted like a judge in a debate when the occasion didn’t call for a debate but a town hall meeting where he was expected to act as an independent moderator who should seek both parties Interests in the discussions and treat them with mutual respect. Instead, he openly condemned the lady in front of a crowd of approximately 200-300 people as if she was wrong to insist on asking the President. That SheStands maintained that as a gender and governance organization they total distance themselves from the act in instilling fear and intimidation in the woman. ’’We strongly believe in freedom of expression,’’ the organization noted.
‘’We believed that women must be given unfettered access to equal opportunities like men to enjoy the right of Freedom of Expression in the manner that they can bring an understanding of their feelings over the burning issues affecting them,;; SheStand further stated.
The organization says that women’s rights are not only recognized on paper but also in reality and practice
They commend Haja Mariama Kuyateh for her courage and boldness to speak up to the President. SheStands also acclaimed the pro- government supporters for upholding tolerance as there are no adverse reports of Haja Mariama Kuyateh’s welfare being affected as a result of the Town Hall Meeting incident.