His Excellency Sidique Abou-Bakarr Wai is Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the United States of America and High Commissioner to Canada. For over twenty years, Ambassador Sidique Abou-Bakarr Wai has been discharging several high-profile leadership responsibilities in the United States of America in spheres of diplomacy, public safety, public health care advocacy, community relations, and social empowerment. He is likewise the former President of the United African Congress and Community Affairs Analyst and former adviser to the Executives of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) headquartered in New York City. The United African Congress is the Pan African umbrella organization that represents the interests of 3.5 million continental African immigrants residing in America. On the other hand, the NYPD is among the largest police law enforcement in the country with approximately 40,000 uniformed members of service and 25,000 civilians.