*Newly Appointed Director General of Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation Pays Courtesy Call on Bio

• His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received Madam Josephine Kamara who was recently appointed Director General of the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation, SLBC.

She thanked the President for appointing her to that important office, adding that serving her country was one thing she had always looked forward to doing. The veteran journalist recalled that the nation’s broadcaster was home, where she started her journalism career many years ago.

“Working at SLBS [Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service] then was pride for us and we knew how important that broadcaster was and still is to you since you established it in 1992,” she said.

Madam Kamara said notwithstanding the numerous challenges she met at the corporation she and team had been able to start addressing them by engaging leaders of Ministries, Departments and Agencies and private sector institutions.

In his brief remarks, President Julius Maada Bio congratulated Madam Josephine Kamara and welcomed her back home, while noting that the task ahead of her was difficult. He also assured Madam Kamara of his support to ensure that the corporation went back to being the nation’s number one broadcaster.