The newly appointed first-ever resident Ambassador of Sierra Leone to the Kingdom of Morocco, His Excellency Atumani Dainkeh, yesterday met with Sierra Leonean students pursuing various courses in Tertiary Institutions in the Kingdom of Morocco.
This meeting involving the new Ambassador and the Students is the first meeting between him and Sierra Leoneans living in Morocco.
Key issues that were discussed during the meeting between Ambassador Dainkeh and the Students included but not limited to, the general welfare of the Students, late receipt of their stipends which is provided by the Government of Sierra Leone and the need for government to increase the amount paid to students as stipends or allowances.
But the problem with regards the delay of the stipend payments seems to have been partly resolved as a result of the opening of the Embassy and assigning of an Ambassador in the person of His Excellency Atumani Dainkeh.
Just around six weeks of taking up post, the Ambassador in collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education in Freetown was able to facilitate the transfer of the Student’s stipends. And this has made the students pretty much excited and they have commended and expressed gratitude to His Excellency the President, Dr. Julius Maada Bio for appointing a very hard-working Ambassador and for opening an Embassy in Morocco.
Ambassador Atumani Dainkeh during the meeting encouraged the students to continue to abide by the laws of Morocco. He also admonished them to see themselves as Ambassadors of the Republic of Sierra Leone and to always aim at achieving the best in both their academic pursuits as well as their general conducts outside their class rooms .
He assured them of President Bio’s government’s continual support to education generally through his already set commitment to human capital development which has ushered in the free quality education with 21% of the national budget allocated to education alone.
Meanwhile, a general meeting involving the wider Sierra Leonean Community in Rabat is scheduled for June 12th, 2021.
