Patrick Ojong

Patrick George Ojong is a Sierra Leonean politician and diplomat, affiliated with the All People's Congress (APC).

Ojong served as Deputy Secretary-General of the World Federation of Democratic Youth, working at its headquarters in Budapest.[1] In 1974 Ojong was appointed by the UN Secretary-General to the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Youth, in which he served as rapporteur.[2] He served as the deputy-general secretary of the National Youth League.[3]

In the early 1980s Ojong was recalled from Budapest to work in the APC headquarters.[4] He served as a Central Committee of the APC.[5] Ojong was placed in charge of the International Department of the party.[4][5][6] In the internal rifts inside the APC, Ojong was a key advocate for a strong party structure and held pro-Soviet positions.[4][7] He came to hold the post of Assistant Secretary of the party.[8]

In 1990 he was named High Commissioner to The Gambia.[9]

Ojong went into exile during the NPRC junta rule.[10] He moved to the United States, where he remained active in APC politics. The APC North America branch was founded at Ojong's residence in Gaithersburg, Maryland in the 1990s.[11]

References

  1. ^ United Nations. General Assembly. Special Committee on Apartheid (1974). Report of the Special Committee on Apartheid. UN. p. 38. OCLC 1983759.
  2. ^ United Nations (1974). Yearbook of the United Nations, Volume 28. Department of Public Information, United Nations. p. 1080. OCLC 1768016.
  3. ^ Daily Report: China, Issues 191-210. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1982. OCLC 7522935.
  4. ^ a b c Concord Weekly. Concord Press of Nigeria. 1985. p. 20. OCLC 11810670.
  5. ^ a b Impact International, Volumes 13-14. News & Media. 1983. p. 4. OCLC 4600278.
  6. ^ Africa Diary. M. Chhabra. 1985. p. 12330. OCLC 1461371.
  7. ^ Africa Confidential, Volume 27. Miramoor Publications Limited. 1986. p. 3. OCLC 1461369.
  8. ^ West Africa, Issues 3793-3809. West Africa Publishing Company Limited. 1990. p. 6. OCLC 1639542.
  9. ^ Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. Information on the secretary general and assistant secretary general of the All Peoples Congress (APC) youth wing from 1985-1992
  10. ^ Cocorioko. Ambassador Patrick Ojong flays Victor Foh
  11. ^ Awareness Times. APC Loyalist Sidi Sheriff Recounts the History of APC in North America

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