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the Establishment of Community Citizen’s Bureau in all Wards in the Country.

The Legal Aid Board Sierra Leone has on Thursday 9th June, held a Consultative meeting with the Fourty Nine, Western Urban and twenty Western Rural Counsilors, the sixteen Tribal Heads in the Western Area, Civil Society and the Fourth Estate. The meeting was geared towards the Establishment of Community Citizen’s Advisory Bureau in all Wards in the Country.   Francis A. Gabbidon Esq, a  Scholar and a Gentleman, who was Chairman for this much needed, long awaited Consultative meeting, described the day as historic, and called the Legal Aid Board, a game-changer in the history and legality of Sierra Leone. This gentleman and Scholar pointed out that the lack of justice and fairness contributed to the war in Sierra Leone as was evident at the TRC, and that it was first in the history of the country that Citizen’s Advisory Bureaus are been created, which will serve as a deterrent to future conflicts. The Legal Aid Board gives access to justice to those who cannot afford l