The young soldiers formed the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) with Strasser as their leader and Head of State of Sierra Leone.Bio's first appointment following the formation of the NPRC was as the Secretary of State South, stationed in the country's second capital Bo. At the time, thousands of Liberians were fleeing to Sierra Leone weekly, exposing the country's fragile security and adding to the economic hardship.After a year in Liberia as an ECOMOG soldier, the Sierra Leone Government ordered Bio and several members of Sierra Leonean soldiers serving in Liberia to immediately return to Sierra Leone and report to the Military baracks|army barracks in Daru, Kailahun District to populate newly formed 600 man battalion of soldiers set up by President Momoh to repel the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels who had attacked villages on the border between Sierra Leone and Liberia, in March 1991. Musa, was sacked and exiled to the UK, Bio was appointed to the position of Deputy Chairman of the NPRC.On January 16, 1996, Bio led a military coup, ousting Captain Valentine Strasser, following a dispute within the governing Supreme Council of State (SCS) over whether to seek peace with the RUF before multi-party elections, planned for March 1996, or go ahead with the election notwithstanding the ongoing war in the country, and the conditions for participation (or disqualification) of junta members in the elections. At the same time, 10 more patients succumbed to the disease. He is a retired Brigadier General in the Sierra Leone Army and was the military Head of State of Sierra Leone from January 16, 1996 to March 29, 1996 under a military Junta government. Julius Maada Bio is the current President of Sierra Leone. 19 hrs ago. Julius Maada Wonie Bio (born May 12, 1964) is a Sierra Leonean politician.He is the 5th and current President of Sierra Leone since April 4, 2018.. Bio is a retired Brigadier General in the Sierra Leone Army and was the military Head of State of Sierra Leone from January 16, 1996 to March 29, 1996 under the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) military Junta government. Julius Maada Bio: Protected and elevated by God. According to State House report, President Bio was recognised and awarded the degree “because of his strives in developing Sierra Leone… Julius Maada Bio prepares to take the oath of office as new president of Sierra Leone on April 4, 2018 in Freetown.There were protests at the Well of Sierra Leone's Parliament as a group of Opposition lawmakers wearing black T-shirts with the words ‘Makeni Lives Matter’ interrupted a session with chants for justice for victims of recent deadly violence.It followed the July 17 incident in which a group of angry youths clashed with security forces in the northern town of Makeni over a planned relocation of a standby generator.Makeni is the largest town in the Bombali District. Bio began his primary education at the Roman Catholic Primary School in Tihun, Bonthe District. Bio and several other Sierra Leonean soldiers, including Captain (OF-2)|Captain Valentine Strasser, and Lt Solomon Musa were deployed to Liberia as part of Sierra Leone's contingent to ECOMOG. Bio began his primary education at the Roman Catholic Primary School in Tihun, Bonthe District. Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio has made fighting rape a priority.
Broadcast Statement on the Easing of Restrictions on Houses of Worship and Other Measures 9 July 2020 Keynote Address at the Consultative Dialogue Conference (Bintumani III) At that point, he was promoted to Captain alongside other junior lieutenants. At the time, thousands of Liberians were fleeing to Sierra Leone weekly, exposing the country's fragile security and adding to the economic hardship.After a year in Liberia as an ECOMOG soldier, the Sierra Leone Government ordered Bio and several members of Sierra Leonean soldiers serving in Liberia to immediately return to Sierra Leone and report to the Military baracks|army barracks in Daru, Kailahun District to populate newly formed 600 man battalion of soldiers set up by President Momoh to repel the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels who had attacked villages on the border between Sierra Leone and Liberia, in March 1991. Most of the roads constructed were concentrated in the north, particularly Makeni.Makeni is the only town in Sierra Leone that enjoys uninterrupted electricity supply to date, thanks to a hydropower plant located in neighboring Tonkolili District.