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Sierra Leonean honored among African’s Best in London

Author: Sorie Sudan Sesay - UK

A prominent Sierra Leonean based in London has been honoured with the prestigious award of excellence.

Councilor Mackie Sheik was presented the award in the category of politics for his outstanding role especially within the African community, at the 11th Gathering of Africa’s Best (GAB), organized at Holiday Inn Bloomsbury, Corm Street, West Central London.

The award attracted dignitaries from across the United Kingdom with several others nominated for various other awards.

Mackie, who is also deputy Mayor at the Southwark Council, said he was very proud to receive such an honour and described the award as a lifetime achievement which he dedicated to the people of Sierra Leone.

“I feel so much proud and honored taking into consideration the period of time I came here to have elevated politically to become a Councilor,” Mackie said.

Mackie paid special tribute to the late Nigerian Head of State, General Sani Abacha for the ‘saviour’ role he played in the Sierra Leonean civil war under the aegis of ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG).

“Abacha is the saviour of Sierra Leone and we are grateful to him and to Nigeria for playing the ‘big brother’ role to rescue our country from the throes of civil war,” Councilor Mackie said and thanked the organizers of the award for acknowledging his good works.

Councillor Mackie Sheik at the ceremony (center)

Gathering of Africa’s Best (GAB) founder and Chief Executive, Femi Okutubo observed that many Africans are excelling in numerous areas of human endeavour, but who have not been positively projected by western media.

“We have always maintained that Africa is truly blessed and that the many negative reports about Africa that dominate the media are not a true representation of who we are”, he stressed.

Councillor Mackie Skeikh has been an outstanding figure here in the United Kingdom having impressively served the African community in several capacities.

He was founding member of the Sierra Leone Community Forum in Southwark and was also founder of the Organisation of African Community Empowerment – which organized the annual Miss Sierra Leone Beauty Contest.

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