Sierra Leone: Former Deputy Minister Goes Independent

Erstwhile Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs, Madam Rugiatu Neneh Turay, has decided to contest the March 7 Local Council election under an independent ticket after her party-the ruling All People's Congress (APC) refused to award her symbol to contest.

Rugiatu Neneh Turay, who was also a councilor of ward 172 in Port Loko District and Deputy Chairperson of Port Loko District Council (PLDC) under the APC party ticket, was speaking to this medium on Tuesday at her Devil Hole residence in the Western Rural District, where she also noted that she decided to go independent because she was disappointed with the manner at which the APC party symbols were awarded.

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