Sierra Leoneans condemn President Bio and First Lady Fatima Bio’s second wedding tomorrow as economic waste , wrong timing and wrong priority

A firestorm of public dissent and condemnation has spread through Sierra Leone and the diaspora as President Bio takes First Lady Fatima Bio to the altar on Friday, though the couple actually married many years ago in London through a traditional muslim ceremony.

Since they are already married , Sierra Leoneans consider Friday’s ceremony an unnecessary public psychodrama,  economic waste pf the nation’s meagre resources  , wrong timing and wrong priority.

The condemnation of the marriage cuts across party lines as an angry Fatima Bio and some of her aides and bootlickers removed themselves from some Whatsapp Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP )  forums where Mrs. Bio and her husband have been bitterly criticized for insensitivity to the suffering of the Sierra Leonean people.

Sierra Leoneans, very suspicious that the President would use government money to fund the wedding are very angry and have made videos and audios  in the social media to protest.  They think it is a callous attempt to waste precious state funds at a time when everybody is complaining about extreme economic hard times in the country.

With annoyed voices and in some cases expletives and profanities,  Sierra Leoneans in social media videos and audios accuse President Bio not only of  economic waste,  but insensitivity to the welfare of the people who are suffering under his government . For instance, the government has not been able to pay January salaries until last week–Mid- February.  The country is plagued with  electricity blackouts. Prices of food are escalating with the government seeming to have no solution to the problems.

Some other Sierra Leoneans even believe that President Bio and Fatima will be violating the doctrines and theology of the Catholic church because President Bio had previously married his first wife, Francess Bio in the catholic church and that he is embarking on another catholic marriage without first divorcing Francess.


Sheku Kaimasa

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WE ARE IN THE INTERNATIONAL NEWS AGAIN FOR THE WRONG REASONS….BUT AGAIN, IT IS GOOD FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ORGANS TO RAISE THE DEBATE. IT VALIDATES OUR CONCERNS

Image may contain: 1 person, possible text that says 'Dw DW Africa Yesterday at 21:00 Sierra Leone: A grand presidential wedding in a time of austerity. Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio is set to walk his wife down the aisle in the Freetown. The official wedding will be attended the country's crème de la crème. With inflation at its all high in Sierra Leone- is it prudent for President Bio to invite 300 guests to a lavish wedding? Have your say!'

Ernest Bio Complete season 1

*State wedding; Sierra Leone president plans to marry his wife Fatima for the 2nd time*

It’s not clear between the president and the first lady who suggested this irrational marriage proposal at the time when the majority of Sierra leoneans are *striving hard to make ends meet*.

The state wedding report is gaining momentum amidst cries of hardship and dissatisfaction under the slpp government of president bio . The increase in the fuel price, the rise in electricity tariff, price of basic commodities doubling, late payment of salaries, gross human rights abuse including *shooting of unarmed civilians and a complete hijack of the judicial process of*

*Ernest bio*

Bassie Kanu Bro Cidi Koroma President Bio is an employee of the state he receiving salary like another employee so he is entitled to whatever he wants to do with his salary. But my own question if the money is coming the tax payers at this time when our country is going through hard time.

Ansu Kaikai The excitement of some people about the unpopular marriage between Bio and Fatima is deplorable. Leh we dae go noh moh

Toni Kay My dear have you ever heard the saying that money which is not hard earn will always find a way to perish without accomplishing any meaningful thing.
For me I say let them do it , it is about time that the people enjoy their money even if they eat some through a marriage celebration. Dae gron dry hungry boku,
Bring on the food

Umaru Kanu We are living in a sad state. A state where people are now defending the undefended. The wedding is not timely considering the present economy situation.

Joseph John Lahai Hmmmmmmm oh!!! Salone all tem we set record why make we for gie we country to posin way nor responsible ar mean marriage man

Honourable Gideon What is the total figure of our national economy for one man to use $1million just for wedding purpose.
I consider it a cook up political sabotage.

This is not the right time for this. Wasteful and poor judgment.

Image may contain: one or more people, possible text that says 'A WEDDING WITH 300 GUESTS IS NOT A SMALL PRIVATE CEREMONY ITS WASTEFUL! ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS'

Wit all d deteriorating condition 4 get wata N light na d city ryt now, prices of basic commodities just dae fly up, people still dae celebrate expensive wedding of d president…

Maada K Kemokai President Bio and Fatima Bio are humans just like anyone of us. The have the right to choose when to tie their bonds.

Joanna Williams President Bio and Fatima are also public servants. Their behavior and actions matter. Including the impression it sends. Was not the SCOP recently sacked for something she did in her personal life st TB JOSHUA church that sends a wrong message? Well organizing a 300 guest extravagant wedding at this time also sends the wrong message.Can we get some straight talk from the President. Dont give me some BS that its nobodies business because it is the Presidents personal life.

Maada Bio is the President of Sierra Leone, whether he likes it or not his private life has public implications. If he did not want that he should not have opted for the job of head of State.

Now the entire nation is wondering what is going on. No straightforward communication has been provided. Rather people are hearing all kinds of things through the grapevine. One source says the President is having a full blown wedding, another says they are not getting married again per se, a priest is just blessing the union. Another is saying, they are just going to renew their vows in the catholic church. How can you renew vows in a church were they were never wed in the first place is beyond me.

All tin jes mix up box up.

If the Catholic flock in Sierra Leone is concerned that the doctrines of the church are in danger of being flouted , they can bring the matter to the attention of the Apostolic Nuncio, Dagoberto Campos (pictured). He is the Vatican Holy See appointee, charged with oversight of the Catholic Church in Gambia, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

So, even Archbishop Charles has someone he reports to. The Catholic Church is not a one- man-show Church. It has a hierarchy and mechanisms for reporting concerns of clergy going rogue and making up doctrines as they go along, that are not in line with Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Certainly hope it will not get to that, but just in case some renegade priest/bishop in Sierra Leone officiates a new matrimony for President Bio while the first one has not been annulled (which would be illegal per canon law) the matter can be reported to Holy See.

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#SAD

Very troubling!

Image may contain: 1 person, smiling, possible text that says 'WHO ARE PRESIDENT BIOS CLOSE ADVISERS? ARE THERE NO WISE PEOPLE AROUND PRESIDENT BIO? NO ONE HAD THE BALLS TO TELL HIM AND FATIMA THAT THE OPTICS OF HAVING A MARRIAGE, RENEWING HIS VOWs OR WHATEVER YOU CALL, AT THIS TIME LOOKS BAD? EVEN IF THEY WILL NOT BE PAYING FOR THE EVENT OUT OF POCKET!'

Una warn President Maada Bio en Fatima mek den nor go wit den calo calo na Catholic Church. If den wan marade back mek den go na registry. They cannot give brown envelop to the Prefect For Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome and say Paopa, they must allow President Bio to be joined in Holy Matrimony for a second time without an annulment of the first.

As a Catholic, what Maada should be doing is going to confession and saying 100 Hail Marys and the Chaplet of

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Image may contain: 2 people, people smiling, people standing, possible text that says 'HANDS OFF OUR CATHOLIC FAITH. PLEASE.'
Amadu M Sesay First of all, you should be a married couple before obtaining such office. But in this case, I didn’t expect the president to be thinking about remarrying (white weeding), when he knows the situation of the drastical drain of the country’s economy and that things are not going normally. I mindfully suspects that these “Budapest Bamako racers “are here to mock our country’s administration. If u carefully look at their jeeps, you will notice a caption saying” power is nothing without vision “,and this is a clear manifestation that the president lacks the vision to mans the country’s administrative policy.
Jeremiah S Key So now this woman want to be a first lady right?.
Before she is a first girlfriend to the president, Hmmm.
Jay Jay Positive I don’t think you understand our concerns. We (majority of Sierra leoneans) voted this president into office based on so many reasons including moral reason, so, if there’s a cloud surrounding his marital status, he needs to clear it. He owes it to us. Some people are angry because they said there’s hunger in the country and a second wedding is not necessary, he needs to clear that too. Thank you
LadyPrincess QueenNabay 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Image may contain: possible text that says 'Parable! Parable! They promise bridge! They gave us bride! Na watin?'
 

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