Preamble
CONSTIIUTIONAL INSTRTiMENT
Supplefiient to the SieflT- Leone ErtroDrdinor! G'azztle Vol. CI,XV, No' 31
d,tE/--gth -APril-2oZ
Coxsnnton^[ l srruuL{r No 5 o4 2024
Published gth Aptil, 2024
THE C)^STITUTTON OF SIERR T LEONE,
(Act No. 6 oJ l99l)
MIDE ,rs 9r, dav oJ ,1pril, 2021.
IIIS EXCELLENCY JULruS MAADA BIO,
PIIOCLAMATION,2024
WHEREAS by subse.tion (l) of section 29 of rhe Constitution of Sifla ttone l99l (Act
No. 6 of I9i) il is provided that wherEYcr in thc opinion of the President a std' of public
emsrgctrcy has commeflced, he PrcsideDt may at ary tiaE, by PtoclafiarioD which shall
b€ dblisled i, thc Gazette d€cla.e that a situatioa exists \Yhicll if.llovcd to continuc,
may lcad to a state of ea!c, gcncy itr any part or rle whole
of Sictra Lronc:
WHEREAS thc drug snd sut stance 8busc, Paticllaty trc &Yassring symhelic drug; Kush'
is a public hcalth emeagcnc I of natioaal concam:
WHEREAS the continuing srl rrpid Ddiorlal sPrcad of dtug ad substmcr abuse' particulsrly
the d.vtstating syrthclic dr rg: Kush, poscs imDcnsc rish detgriorrtion and a' alarminS
mortality,at of young pe( pl. in Sierra konc;
WHEREAS lhc sitation ttqurres effcctiva melsutcs to ptcvcnt, protest aDd cunail the
des'trurtive spa€ad and coose lueicas of drug alld substanoe slusc' particula y th€ devastatint
synthctio drug; Kush in Sir rra lrone;
Now.TltEl.EFO@ l*ID- BRIGJUUIIS IIAADASIO, Presid€at of thc Brprbtic of strra
Lcone, Soprelre Head of Srate, Grand Commondct of thc Otdet of thc Rcprblic aDd
Comoaader-in€hicf of lhr Armed Forces of Sient Irone haviDg r€gfd to the threat dlat
drug and substanc. abuse, I anicularly the dcva$zring slt6etic drug; Kush po6as to the lives
of the young pcopl€ and t rc 0ational dcvclopmcnl of Sicrra Ltone, and thE need to drug
and subsancr abus€, pattio lady thc devastatbg synthcdc &u8: Kush ttnoughool sicrm kone,
Do IIEREBY by lhis Proc aflatiorl d€clarc that a slste of Pubtig Edlcrgcncl., exists in orc
wholc of lhc Rcpublic of iic a l,eolrc lYilh cffcct from the 4& day of APtil, 2024 fot &
period of 12 months.
P*-olrto e.ro PusI-tsr eD BY TlE Go!'ERxMEln PRsffDrG DEPAaT!'Glrr' SIERx'{ LEoNE
ExrR. pD,ttARv G.azErl'E No.3l or 9rH AIRrr- ' 2024
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