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Ibrahim Ben Kargbo

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Preceded by
  
Septimus Kaikai

Profession
  
Journalist

Residence
  
Freetown, Sierra Leone

Alma mater
  
Fourah Bay College

Party
  
All People's Congress

Nationality
  
Sierra Leonean

Role
  
Journalist

Preceded by
  
Alhaji Kanji Daramy

Name
  
Ibrahim Kargbo


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Born
  
October 18, 1944 (age 79) Makeni, Bombali District, Sierra Leone (
1944-10-18
)

Political party
  
All People's Congress (APC)

Education
  
Njala University, Fourah Bay College

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Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo (born October 18, 1944), commonly known as I.B. Kargbo, is a Sierra Leonean journalist and politician. He currently the MP of constituency 030(Bombali District) Ernest Bai Koroma. I.B Kargbo is a close personal friend of president Ernest Bai Koroma and former president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. I.B. Kargbo is one of the most trusted aides to president Koroma. He has a Bachelor's degree in journalism from Fourah Bay College and a Diploma in Journalism from John New Homes School of Journalism, 1979.

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I.B. Kargbo is the owner of one of Sierra Leone's most read newspapers, The New Citizen. Until his appointment as Minister, he was a regular columnist in his own newspaper. As a journalist, he publicly opposed the Public Order Act of 1965.

Early life and education

Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo was born on October 18, 1944 in Makeni, Bombali District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. He is a member of the Limba ethnic group and he is a descendant of Biriwa Limba Chiefdom, Bombali District in Northern Sierra Leone. I.B. Kargbo attended St. Andrew's Secondary School in Bo.

He graduated from Fourah Bay College in 1969 with a Bachelor's degree in journalism. He also has a Diploma in Journalism from John New Homes School of Journalism in 1979.

References

Ibrahim Ben Kargbo Wikipedia