Foreign affairs minister, Ing. Timothy Musa Kabba said

AYV News, August 22, 2023

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ing. Timothy Musa Kabba has said what guides Sierra Leoneans fundamentally are their shared values and interests.

He went on saying: “We respect diversity of political ideologies and firmly believe that such diversity of thoughts and actions are important building blocks for peace and prosperity. We also recognise the inclination for political actors to trigger hard conversations when interests seem to sway.

“However, our call to service should see us putting our sovereign nation’s interests above all else. Nevertheless, it does not have to be your way or my way”.

His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio appointed Ing. Kabba as Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

In 2020, prior to his appointment as Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Ing. Kabba was Director-General of the Petroleum Directorate. He is an oil and gas engineer. Before joining the Petroleum Directorate, he was the project management consultant for Total E & P C LTD.

He also worked as a Drilling Engineer and a Reservoir Engineer at the LUKOIL Overseas Offshore Project.

As Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, he was responsible for the implementation of the Mines and Minerals Act 2009 working in close partnership with the National Minerals Agency.

Ing. Musa Timothy Kabba was also recently elected Vice President of the Association of African Diamond Producing Countries (ADPA) at the 8th Extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

The development came as a result of Sierra Leone’s strict compliance to the Kimberley Process Certification scheme for its diamonds and the general progressive reforms in its mining sector under Ing. Kabba’s watch.