President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has urged world leaders to invest more in preventing conflict and improving lives, warning that military action alone cannot deliver lasting peace.

Speaking at the General Debate of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, 22 September 2026, President Julius Maada Bio said global military expenditure reached almost US$2.9 trillion in 2025, its eleventh consecutive annual increase. Countries had legitimate security needs, he acknowledged, but the resources available for war stood in troubling contrast to those committed to development.

“The connection between peace and development must therefore move from our resolutions into our budgets,” President Julius Maada Bio said. He argued that hunger, exclusion, unemployment and weak institutions create conditions in which insecurity takes root.

The President cited atrocities and displacement in Sudan, continuing violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and terrorism across West Africa and the Sahel. Although each conflict has different causes, he said, they demonstrate the limits of a response based on military force alone.

Drawing on Sierra Leone’s recovery from civil war, President Julius Maada Bio recalled that the formal end of fighting was only the beginning of peace. Families had to return home, communities had to rebuild relationships and institutions had to regain public confidence. The United Nations supported Sierra Leone through disarmament, elections and peacebuilding, he said, showing what international cooperation can achieve.

That experience shaped his message on the Assembly’s theme: “Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation: A United Nations That Delivers for All.” The phrase “for all,” he said, should be judged by whose voices influence decisions and whether those decisions reach people furthest from power.

President Julius Maada Bio called for international law to be applied consistently. On the Middle East, he urged the protection of civilians, humanitarian access and respect for the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination through a viable Palestinian state living alongside Israel in peace and security. He also called for progress on nuclear disarmament through diplomacy.

A major part of the address focused on reforming the UN Security Council. President Julius Maada Bio said the Council still reflects the power structure of 1945, while Africa, a continent of more than 1.6 billion people, has no permanent seat despite being the subject of much of its work.

He reaffirmed the Common African Position, set out in the Ezulwini Consensus and Sirte Declaration, which seeks at least two permanent African seats and five non-permanent seats. If the veto is retained, he said, African permanent members should have the same rights and privileges as other permanent members.

As Coordinator of the African Union Committee of Ten, Sierra Leone would continue pressing for reform, President Julius Maada Bio said. He called on UN Member States to produce a consolidated reform model before the end of the current General Assembly session.

The President also pointed to Sierra Leone’s 2024–2025 term on the Security Council. He said the country had drawn attention to Africa’s historical exclusion, placed conflict-related food insecurity on the agenda and worked with Guyana on a resolution concerning young people’s role in peace and security.

President Julius Maada Bio argued that unequal representation also affects international financial institutions. Developing countries need stronger voting power, affordable finance, concessional resources and fairer treatment of debt, he said. They should also have an equal role in setting international tax rules, a goal Sierra Leone supports through a proposed UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.

Reparatory justice was another focus of the speech. President Julius Maada Bio referred to a UN General Assembly resolution led by Ghana concerning the trafficking and enslavement of Africans. For Sierra Leone, he said, that history is close to home: thousands of Africans were transported into enslavement from Bunce Island, while Freetown later became a home for formerly enslaved and liberated Africans.

He called for acknowledgement, a formal apology, the return of cultural heritage and fair redress, saying the effects of slavery remain visible in global disparities of wealth, power and opportunity.

Turning to Africa’s critical minerals, President Julius Maada Bio warned that the global shift to cleaner energy must create jobs and industry in the countries supplying those resources. Processing minerals at source, transferring technology and building local industries could give young Africans better opportunities, he said.

“The green transition must not reproduce the extractive terms of the past,” he told the Assembly. He linked access to jobs and skills with peace, warning that young people denied opportunity can become vulnerable to exploitation, smuggling and dangerous migration.

The President cited Feed Salone, Free Quality School Education and Sierra Leone’s 2024 Prohibition of Child Marriage Act as examples of his Government’s domestic priorities. Protecting girls’ education and freedom, he said, forms part of meaningful development.

He also urged developing countries to participate in writing the rules for artificial intelligence. The technology could improve education, healthcare, agriculture and public administration, but it could widen inequality if knowledge and decision-making remain concentrated in a few countries.

On climate change, President Julius Maada Bio described families in Shenge watching the sea take land, fishing grounds and ancestral graves. He called for predictable climate finance, support for adaptation and effective arrangements to address loss and damage.

President Julius Maada Bio supported reforms to make the United Nations more effective and called on Member States to consider appointing a woman as its next Secretary-General. He also sought support for Sierra Leone’s nominee, Professor Charles Chernor Jalloh, in the November election for a judge of the International Court of Justice.

He closed by urging the Assembly to give people reason to believe that cooperation works and promises made at the United Nations will be honoured. The words “for all,” he said, must become the measure of its work. https://thecalabashnewspaper.com/archives/64891

Caritas Freetown, with funding from Trocaire, has disbursed Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) of NLe3,480 each to 80 households in three disaster-prone communities in the Western Area Urban as part of efforts to strengthen community disaster preparedness and mitigation.

The beneficiaries are from Moyiba, Moa Wharf and Bottom Oku in Wellington, with the distribution taking place at Rokel Commercial Bank, Wellington PMB Branch, on Wednesday September 23, 2026.

The intervention forms part of a project titled: “Strengthening Community Disaster Preparedness, Flood Mitigation, Climate Resilience and Emergency Response Systems in Vulnerable Communities of Western Area Urban, Sierra Leone.”

Speaking during the disbursement, Eliza G. O. C. Sillah, Programs Manager at Caritas Freetown, said the project was developed following an assessment which identified gaps in disaster management structures within the targeted communities. She said the assessment found that the communities lacked structured Community Disaster Management Committees (CDMCs) to effectively mitigate and respond to disasters.

According to Eliza G. O. C. Sillah, the project is therefore supporting the strengthening of the CDMCs, including providing them with tools to carry out mitigation activities such as community cleaning and identifying houses located in disaster-prone areas.

She described the cash transfer as one of the key components of the project, intended to enable beneficiaries to strengthen their homes and support their families.

Eliza G. O. C. Sillah explained that the disbursement was preceded by financial literacy training to help beneficiaries properly manage and utilize the funds. She added that Caritas will conduct post-distribution monitoring two weeks after the cash transfer to assess how the money was used, its impact on beneficiaries and their level of satisfaction with the intervention.

Meanwhile, Gerald King, Deputy Director of Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness at the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), described the intervention as an important complement to Government’s disaster management efforts.

Gerald King said the Government faces challenges in preparing for, mitigating and responding to disasters, making partnerships with organisations such as Caritas and Trocaire important. He noted that residents in disaster-prone communities are particularly vulnerable to flood-related incidents during the rainy season.

“What is good about this intervention is that it's not a response to disaster but preparedness,” Gerald King said, while describing the approach as anticipatory action, which equips communities before a disaster occurs.

He said such support gives vulnerable households a starting point to cope with the effects of a disaster should one occur.

Gerald King also stressed the importance of resources in disaster management, saying the sector requires significant resources to effectively prepare for and respond to emergencies.

He said Sierra Leone has made significant progress in disaster management over the years, noting that prior to 2020, the country did not have a stand-alone agency responsible for disaster management and response.

He added that the NDMA has since undertaken several policy actions aimed at strengthening disaster preparedness, mitigation and response. Gerald King further noted that many disaster-related incidents in Sierra Leone are linked to human activities, including the continued occupation of disaster-prone areas and activities that increase vulnerability to disasters.

For beneficiaries, the cash support is expected to help address some of the challenges they face during the rainy season.

Alusine Bangura, a beneficiary from Moyiba, said earning a living has been difficult since the death of his parents and that his household often struggles during the rainy season. Alusine Bangura said he would use part of the money to strengthen his house, which is usually affected by heavy rainfall.

He plans also to use the remainder to establish a small kiosk selling phone recharge cards to support himself and his brother.

Another beneficiary, Dora Mansaray from Moa Wharf, said heavy rainfall sometimes forces her family to temporarily leave their home because of flooding. She said the flooding has also resulted in the loss of household properties.

Dora Mansaray said she would use the money to purchase sand and cement to repair sections of her house that have been damaged by heavy rainfall. She expressed gratitude to Caritas for the financial support, saying it would make a difference for her and her children.

The cash transfer is part of the broader intervention aimed at strengthening the capacity of vulnerable communities to prepare for, mitigate and recover from disasters. https://thecalabashnewspaper.com/archives/64883

Professor Ezekiel Kalvin Duramany-Lakkoh has called on management accountants to play a stronger role in organizational strategy, saying their work must go beyond reporting figures to helping leaders understand risk, performance and the long-term consequences of their decisions.

Professor Ezekiel Kalvin Duramany-Lakkoh made the remarks while reflecting on his admission as a Chartered Global Management Accountant at a 2026 convocation in Ghana. He said he had qualified as a Chartered Accountant years earlier but had long wanted to pursue management accounting because of its close connection to financial strategy, corporate finance and enterprise risk management.

“Accounting has gone far beyond reporting figures,” Professor Ezekiel Kalvin Duramany-Lakkoh said. He explained that management accountants should provide executives and boards with informed financial and commercial perspectives on investment, performance, sustainability and governance.

According to Professor Ezekiel Kalvin Duramany-Lakkoh, their responsibility includes testing assumptions, explaining the financial implications of proposed decisions and helping organisations allocate resources responsibly. Financial information, he said, becomes most useful when it is translated into practical insight that supports sound decisions and accountability.

He identified budgeting, forecasting, cost management, financial modelling, internal control and risk assessment among the profession’s core responsibilities. He also stressed the importance of communicating complex financial matters clearly to directors and other decision-makers.

At Board level, Professor Ezekiel Kalvin Duramany-Lakkoh said, accountants should help Directors examine whether an organisation is financially resilient, whether its investments support its priorities and whether Management’s forecasts are backed by reliable evidence.

His comments reflect a wider emphasis on governance in his work at the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM), a constituent college of the University of Sierra Leone. Professor Ezekiel Kalvin Duramany-Lakkoh is advancing a 2025–2028 agenda aimed at strengthening IPAM’s academic programmes, facilities, partnerships and institutional services.

The agenda seeks to position IPAM more strongly in business, governance and technology education. It also places greater emphasis on sustainability, digital transformation, entrepreneurship and links between academic programmes and employment.

Infrastructure forms part of those plans. A four-storey annex at IPAM’s Old Campus, initiated before the current review period, is expected to provide additional lecture theatres, seminar rooms and faculty offices when completed. IPAM was also preparing to commission facilities at its A.J. Momoh Street campus on Tower Hill.

Professor Ezekiel Kalvin Duramany-Lakkoh has encouraged alumni and other partners to support institutional development.

IPAM’s regional engagement also expanded on 22 September 2026 with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Liberia Institute of Public Administration. The agreement provides a framework for cooperation in public administration, governance, procurement, entrepreneurship, professional development and digital transformation.

Speaking separately at an executive training programme in Accra organized by the West Africa Bankers Association, Professor Ezekiel Kalvin Duramany-Lakkoh said effective governance depends on the combined efforts of Boards, Company Secretaries, Human Resource leaders and other professionals. He urged Non-Executive Directors to provide independent oversight and ask difficult questions about Management decisions and institutional risks.

The progress of IPAM’s transformation agenda will depend on how those plans are carried out, including the completion of facilities, improvements in student services and academic programmes and results from its partnerships. https://thecalabashnewspaper.com/archives/64880

The National Minerals Agency (NMA), in collaboration with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), has concluded a one-day in-house training for newly recruited Assistant Mining Engineers, Geologists and Mines Compliance Officers as part of efforts to strengthen ethics, integrity, accountability and compliance in Sierra Leone’s mining sector.

The training, held on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, at the NMA headquarters in New England Ville, Freetown, was organized under the theme: “Upholding Ethics and Integrity in the Workplace.” Similar sessions were previously conducted in Makeni, Bo, Kono and Kenema for newly recruited NMA personnel.

In his welcome address, NMA Director General Ing. Hadji Dabo described the training as critical to maintaining professionalism and accountability among staff, particularly those responsible for mining compliance and supervision.

He disclosed that the Agency is dealing with concerns over fraud in the mining sector and acknowledged that some of its personnel had allegedly been involved in fraudulent activities.

“We're having a lot of issues with fraud in the sector and we understand some of our own staff are involved in these nefarious activities,” Ing. Hadji Dabo said.

He warned that the Agency would take firm action against staff found engaging in fraudulent practices, including possible referral to the police and ACC.

“If anybody is caught in fraudulent activity, we are going to hand you over to the police and maybe Anti-Corruption will be involved too. And that would be the end of your service to the Agency,” he cautioned.

Ing. Hadji Dabo also urged employees to act as “watchmen” for one another by reporting misconduct and other activities that could undermine the Agency's operations. He encouraged participants to take the lessons from the training back to their respective workplaces and implement them.

Victoria Fumikeh Nicol, Library and Research Manager and Focal Person for the NMA Integrity Management Committee, urged the new recruits to uphold professionalism and ethical standards in the discharge of their duties.

She said the training was designed to improve staff understanding of applicable laws, compliance responsibilities, ethical conduct and corruption-prevention strategies.

Victoria Fumikeh Nicol cautioned staff against allowing themselves to be compromised while carrying out their official responsibilities noting that employees in the mining sector may encounter individuals who could attempt to influence their decisions.

She said the NMA would not tolerate fraudulent or corrupt practices, adding that staff found engaging in such activities could face disciplinary action, including dismissal or be handed over to the appropriate authorities following investigations.

The Compliance and Audit Manager, Daphre C. A. Winnebah, described integrity as one of the Agency's most important values and urged every employee to make it a workplace “watchword.”

“Integrity is all about knowing what to do when nobody is watching you; when nobody is there for you to be honest, to be transparent in your dealings, to be accountable in whatever you are doing and to be professional in the conduct of your duties and responsibilities,” Daphre C. A. Winnebah said.

She noted that NMA personnel handle public revenue, resources, information and decision-making processes, making accountability essential to protecting the Agency's reputation.

Daphre C. A. Winnebah warned that even strong institutional systems could fail if individuals disregard established ethical standards, policies and procedures. She therefore encouraged staff to report unethical practices to Management or the Integrity Management Committee.

“Let us make integrity not just a subject for discussion. Let integrity be part of us,” she urged.

Human Resources Manager, NMA, Bintu B. Abu also called on the newly recruited personnel to reject corruption and protect both their careers and the reputation of the NMA.

Bintu B. Abu said corruption could be prevented if individuals change their mindset and refuse to participate in wrongdoing even when others are doing so.

“It is possible for Sierra Leone to be corruption-free. It is our mindset. If we change our mindset, things could be possible for us,” she said.

She explained that the annual engagement with the ACC is intended not to intimidate staff but to educate them about practices that could constitute misconduct or corruption.

Bintu B. Abu further emphasized that individual misconduct could affect the reputation of the entire institution.

“It is not Bintu; it is the NMA,” she said, stressing the collective responsibility of employees to protect the Agency's credibility.

She also urged staff to value their employment and avoid actions that could jeopardize their careers, noting that job opportunities remain difficult to secure.

“Don't allow one-day issue to destroy your future,” Bintu B. Abu cautioned.

For the ACC, Deputy Director of the Prevention Department, Samuel Marah, commended the NMA for organizing the training and described ethics and integrity as key components of corruption prevention.

Samuel Marah said combating corruption requires more than laws, regulations and institutional controls, emphasizing the importance of addressing individual attitudes and mindsets.

“The Commissioner is very keen on prevention and one key strategy of prevention is ethics and integrity,” he said.

He reaffirmed the ACC's commitment to working with the NMA and other Government institutions, noting that the Commission's anti-corruption efforts depend on collaboration with Ministries, Departments, Agencies and the public.

Samuel Marah said the training would enable participants to examine the concepts of ethics, integrity and corruption, identify corruption risks in the workplace and explore strategies for mitigating those risks.

He added that participants would also examine offences under the Anti-Corruption Act 2008, as amended in 2019, as well as practical examples of ethical dilemmas that could arise in the course of their professional duties.

He expressed hope that the training would strengthen participants' understanding of ethical conduct and enable them to contribute to building a stronger culture of integrity within the NMA.

The training forms part of the NMA and ACC's broader efforts to promote accountability, ethical conduct and corruption prevention among personnel working in Sierra Leone's mining sector. https://thecalabashnewspaper.com/archives/64874

 

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health, Dr. Austin Demby, has called on international partners to provide sustained financing and political support for the country’s Triple Zero Campaign, saying recent gains in maternal and child health must become lasting improvements in care.

Speaking at an event on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly, Dr. Austin Demby said the country has an opportunity to change the outlook for mothers and babies. “There couldn’t be a better time to change the narrative for mothers and babies in Sierra Leone than now,” he said.

The campaign advances President Dr. Julius Maada Bio’s goals of zero preventable maternal deaths, zero preventable child deaths and zero children who have received no routine vaccinations. Dr. Austin Demby said sustained investment would be essential to making accountability and quality care part of everyday health services.

Chief Minister, Dr. David Sengeh, speaking on behalf of President Dr. Julius Maada Bio, reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to the campaign. He said real-time health data is helping workers identify problems and respond in ways that could save the lives of mothers, newborns and children.

More than 200 days into the Government’s 300 Days of Activism, figures presented at the event showed maternal deaths 31 percent lower than during the comparable period last year and infant deaths down 11 percent. The campaign also reported reaching approximately 105 percent of its target for vaccinating children who had previously received no routine doses. These are campaign figures for the period under review, rather than final national mortality estimates.

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Mustapha Kabba, presented the progress behind the figures and outlined the challenge of maintaining the gains beyond the campaign’s 300 days.

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Director-General, Dr. Jean Kaseya, described the initiative as a milestone and pointed to Sierra Leone’s efforts as an example of progress for mothers and children on the continent.

Closing the event, Dr. Austin Demby pledged financial accountability and stronger community engagement. He said the campaign’s success would ultimately be measured by whether every patient could receive quality treatment with dignity and compassion, wherever they live in Sierra Leone. https://thecalabashnewspaper.com/archives/64871

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Information and Civic Education, Chernor Bah, has called for school feeding programmes to be treated as part of a broader national investment in education, agriculture, youth employment, nutrition and human-capital development, stressing that locally produced school meals could help strengthen the country’s drive towards self-reliance.

Chernor Bah made the call during a high-level event held on the margins of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 21, 2026.

The event, titled: “School Meals for the Future: Leaders Accelerating Progress,” was co-hosted by the World Food Programme and The Rockefeller Foundation and brought together senior Government officials, international development leaders, philanthropists and influential content creators to discuss how locally produced school meals can improve learning while strengthening national food systems.

Among the speakers were His Majesty King Letsie III of Lesotho; Kenya’s First Lady, Rachel Ruto; former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown; Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus; Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ma. Theresa Lazaro; World Food Programme Acting Executive Director Carl Skau; Rockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah and global content creator Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast.

Chernor Bah joined France’s Minister Delegate for International Partnerships, Éléonore Caroit and youth climate educator Sage Lenier on a panel examining how influence, civic action and youth leadership could accelerate progress in addressing hunger and improving access to education.

Drawing on his personal experience, Chernor Bah said the issue of hunger and access to education is deeply personal to him, recalling the difficulties he faced as a child.

“I went to school hungry,” he said. “Like many children in Sierra Leone, I knew what it meant for a parent to face an impossible choice: food for the family or transport to school.”

Chernor Bah explained that his early advocacy focused heavily on expanding access to education, but his personal experience taught him that children do not experience education and hunger as separate challenges.

“For a child, the questions are simple: Can I get to school? Can I eat? Can I concentrate? Can I dream beyond today?” he stated.

The Minister connected that experience to President Dr Julius Maada Bio’s wider national development agenda, noting that Sierra Leone had made a major investment in education through the Free Quality School Education programme, expanding access to schooling and placing human-capital development at the centre of national policy.

“But once we made that bet on education, we also had to bet on feeding children in school,” Chernor Bah said. “And once we commit to feeding children in school, we must confront the bigger national question: can we feed our own country?”

He said that connection brings together the Government’s Free Quality School Education programme and President Dr Julius Maada Bio’s Feed Salone initiative. While the education programme invests in the knowledge and potential of Sierra Leone’s children, Feed Salone seeks to strengthen the country’s productive capacity to feed its population, create employment and contribute to economic growth.

According to Chernor Bah, school feeding should therefore not be regarded merely as a stand-alone social intervention but as a programme positioned at the intersection of education, agriculture, nutrition, youth employment, local enterprise and national self-reliance.

The Minister noted that Sierra Leone has a predominantly young population, with a median age of about 19, while more than 55 percent of the country’s land is arable and close to 60 percent of the population is involved in some form of agriculture.

“These are not disconnected facts,” he said. “We have millions of young people who need opportunities, farmers who need reliable markets and children who need nutritious meals. Properly designed, these are not three separate problems. They can become one integrated solution.”

Chernor Bah maintained that locally sourced school meals could create dependable markets for Sierra Leonean farmers while opening employment and business opportunities for young people throughout the agricultural value chain.

He identified opportunities for young Sierra Leoneans to participate as farmers, processors, aggregators, transporters, technology providers and entrepreneurs, thereby transforming school feeding into an economic opportunity beyond its immediate nutritional and educational benefits.

The Minister further placed the initiative within Sierra Leone’s national civic education agenda, explaining that Feed Salone constitutes the second pillar of the National Civic Education Strategy and is built around the message: “Grow what we eat. Eat what we grow.”

According to Chernor Bah, the message goes beyond agricultural production and represents a broader call for citizens to actively participate in Sierra Leone’s economic and national development.

“That is not only an agricultural slogan. It is a statement about citizenship,” he said.

“When a young Sierra Leonean grows food, builds an agribusiness, chooses locally produced rice or develops technology that connects farmers to schools, that is not only economic activity. It is civic action,” Chernor Bah added.

Concluding his intervention, the Minister said Sierra Leone’s approach to education, school feeding and agricultural production could be understood as one connected national ambition aimed at developing children while building the country’s capacity to become more productive and self-reliant.

“We bet on education. So we had to feed children in school. Now we must bet on feeding the country and we must do it locally,” he stated.

Chernor Bah added that a locally produced school meal has the potential to deliver benefits across different sectors by keeping a child in school, providing a farmer with a reliable market, creating employment for a young person and strengthening confidence in Sierra Leone’s ability to produce more of what its citizens consume.

“The school meal is where our investment in the child meets our belief in ourselves as a country,” Chernor Bah concluded. https://thecalabashnewspaper.com/archives/64870

The All People’s Congress (APC) has directed its districts and election officials to verify the status of ex-officio members before the party’s forthcoming district elections, saying that appointment to the role does not, by itself, qualify a person to serve as a delegate.

In a public notice dated 23 September 2026, the APC National Secretariat said Article 33(b)(XXI) of the party’s 2022 Constitution provides for a District Executive Committee that includes the immediate past District Chairman and two ex-officio members elected at the District Convention.

The Secretariat said it had learned that, following the last district conventions, some people may have been appointed or designated as ex-officio members without being elected to those positions at the relevant conventions. It said anyone in that position should not be recognized as a duly elected ex-officio member for the purpose of establishing the delegate list for the forthcoming district elections.

The party asked districts and election officials to prepare and verify their delegate lists in accordance with the APC Constitution and to recognize only people whose status has been established under its provisions.

The notice follows a separate clarification issued by the National Secretariat on 22 September 2026 concerning eligibility for ex-officio positions and whether officers of the party’s Independent Elections Management Committee (IEMC) may contest internal elections.

According to that earlier notice, an aspirant for an ex-officio position must meet the ordinary constitutional eligibility requirements for the relevant level. The aspirant must also show previous substantive service in a recognised party office, whether elected or appointed, and have sufficient institutional experience, knowledge and standing for the role.

The Secretariat said party membership alone, without the required prior substantive institutional experience, is insufficient to qualify a person for an ex-officio position. It added that the choice among qualified candidates remains with the relevant convention through an election.

On IEMC officers, the Secretariat said its Legal Adviser had advised that an officer who wishes to become a candidate in an election administered by the committee should be disqualified from contesting that election. The notice cited the conflict of interest that would arise from participating in both the administration of an electoral process and the contest itself.

The APC said the clarifications were intended to support consistent application of its Constitution and internal election rules and to promote an orderly, transparent and credible electoral process. https://thecalabashnewspaper.com/archives/64864