President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah has announced the arrival later this month of the outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Speaking at Tower Hill where he had gone to lay the foundation stone for the new elections building, the President praised Mr Blair, describing him as an “influential man”.
He credited him for ending the civil war in Sierra Leone and for “the great help in our reconstruction process”.
Tony Blair has announced that he will send in his resignation letter as Prime Minister on June 27, but President Kabbah said the prime minister “will be coming to help”