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Vanguard man for State House

By  | 19 November 2007 at 14:04 | 1744 views

Sheka Tarawalie,one of the Patriotic Vanguard’s UK correspondents currently based in Manchester, UK, is on his way to Freetown to take up the position of Press Secretary at State House, according to usually reliable sources.

The Patriotic Vanguard has learnt that President Ernest Bai Koroma himself made the offer to the exiled journalist and that Shekito accordingly accepted the offer via telephone conversation.

State House sources state that the offer is in recognition of the former Torchlight newspaper editor’s courageous journalism both at home and abroad in Sierra Leonean matters.

“Yes, Shekito is on his way here. We believe he can make a difference in handling presidential press matters,” an official at the Ministry of Presidential Affairs affirmed.

Shekito, one of Sierra Leone’s finest journalists,could not be reached as we went to press, but authoritative family sources in the UK, present during the conversation, confirm that the offer was made and accepted.

The official announcement is expected in the next few days.
Stay tuned.

Sheka Tarawalie holds an honours degree in English from the University of Sierra Leone in addition to other qualifications. He is a member of the British Union of Journalists.

Photo: Shekito,(second from left), after receiving an award for excellence in the UK in October last year from Princess Anne(daughter of the Queen of England),third from left.

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