Five years ago, shortly after Mr Koroma was first elected, he appeared nervous and hesitant.
Mr Koroma has grown into the job of being a politician - after a business career in insurance.
On May 5, Sierra Leone continued its Golden Jubilee celebrations with a ribbon-cutting event featuring President Ernest Bai Koroma.
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Major Koroma has been trying to recruit civilians into a regime that the world says will not be recognised.
They are Romania-based Julius Woobay, Finland-based Samuel Barley and USA- based Ibrahim Koroma.
The opening ceremony before the game is expected to be witnessed by President Ernest Bai Koroma and many other dignitaries.
The current Sierra Leonean army, such as it is, plus some local militias, have also rallied to Mr Koroma's call.
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At his inauguration last week in the national sports stadium, President Koroma did several laps of honour in an open-topped car.
This is because they were part of the coalition against the RUF, with their former leader Johnny Paul Koroma in the cabinet.
There are rumours that the road could soon be tarmacked - not least because President Koroma has his private residence in Godrich.
When they started beating up suspected rebels, Mr Koroma put on his uniform and shot dead two of his own men, to instil discipline.
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The country's best hope of salvation may lie, ironically, with Major Johnny-Paul Koroma, who took power after the coup that overthrew Mr Kabbah in 1997.
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In 1997, Sierra Leone's military leader, Johnny Paul Koroma, was sworn in as head of state and pledged to restore peace to the war-weary West African nation.
But his lieutenants, and a rival rebel chief, Johnny Paul Koroma, are disgruntled about the relatively junior cabinet posts trade for one, tourism for another that they have been palmed off with.
Most Sierra Leoneans distrust politicians so much because of their track record as a group, that it is quite possible this latter interpretation will prevail even if the rebuilding of the Godrich road was scheduled before Mr Koroma came to power.
If the road is completed soon it could mean either that infrastructure work is advancing smoothly - which would of course be a good thing - or that Mr Koroma has used his presidential clout to improve a road near his own personal house.
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