Anybody that has been following the activities of Ambassador Omrie Golley, our envoy in the republic of South Korea and his staff will know that this is a success team that will take Sierra Leone to higher heights.
Honourable Golley is a highly focused man that has been able to secure Korea’s assistance at the height of the Ebola epidemic in our country. Recently he has been concentrating on building solid trade ties between Sierra Leone and South Korea. Korean entrepreneurs have been visiting Sierra Leone in the last couple of weeks. Assistance in education has also been promised by the Asian nation.
Not too long ago, the government of South Korea pledged $500,000 as assistance to Sierra Leone to combat the Ebola scourge.
It is therefore not much of a surprise that Ambassador Golley, a British-trained lawyer, received today what is described as a "Diplomatic Achievement Award" from a leading Seoul news and public relations firm, NDM News and Seoul City Magazine.
The event took place at Korea’s National Assembly (Parliament) Building in the Korean Capital, Seoul.
A release from the Sierra Leone embassy says "the NDN News Award Ceremony is one of Korea’s most popular and sought after events of the Diplomatic, Political and Business circuit of Korea, and is held annually in Seoul. Past recipients NDN News Achievement Award have included Ministers of Government, Ambassadors, and scions of the commercial and academic establishment of Korea."
While reading the citation, the President of NDN News and Seoul City Magazine Shin Hyun-doo (seen in photo with Ambassador Golley) was full of praise and admiration on Ambassador Golley’s impact in Korea so far:
"Your Excellency laid new groundwork for bilateral diplomacy by contributing greatly to the opening of the Sierra Leone Embassy, despite many difficulties of initial times as the first Sierra Leone Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, and is carrying out excellently Sierra Leone Ambassador position to strengthen bilateral ties between Korea and Sierra Leone. In recognition of Your Excellency’s excellent activities, NDN News and Seoul City Magazine bestows 2015 Proud Amb. Award on Your Excellency."
Other recipients of Achievement Awards today, according to the embassy release, included the President of the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security, Ambassador Bongkil Shin, and the Ambassadors of Bolivia, the Philippines, Ecuador and C๔te D’Ivoire.
Ambassador Omrie Golley was born in 1958 and he is a member of the bar in both Sierra Leone and Britain. He is married, with children.
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