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By Saio Marrah

The Vice President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has called on the administration of the University Of Sierra Leone (USL) to provide a data that indicates how much government is giving as subvention and the shortfall, for accountability and transparency.

The Vice President said this at the launch of the university’s Endowment Fund, a.

The programme was held at the Multi-Purpose Building at Fourah Bay College (FBC) Campus on, Friday 27^th January, 2023.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamaras

The Government of Sierra Leone has approved the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) Manual to follow up on the implementation of audit recommendations for all public sector entities, issued by either the Auditor-General or the Internal Audit Department. 

The formulation of the SOP manual was disclosed by the Ministry of Finance in a press release issued out on the 27^th January, 2023.

By Saio Marrah

200 houses were known to have been affected in Zimmi town, Pujehun District, following a windstorm in the early hours of Thursday 26^th January, according to a Ward Councilor, Abdul Karim Fofana.  

 Fofana said hundreds of people are without shelter and were sleeping in the open.

He said in some cases, up to 15 people are forced to sleep in a single room, raising fears of diseases spreading in the town.  Zimmi Senior Secondary School was also destroyed.

By Nasratu Kargbo

The Director at the CEO’s Office, Leone Rock Metal Group, Salim Sillah  says  the company wants access to the railway and port in Tonkolili District.

Sillah during Committee hearing in parliament on the  26^th January 2023 explained that the railway and port have played a significant part to the company’s growth, noting that if one has a huge deposit and wants to develop it, access to infrastructure is important.

“The rail and the port is a lifeline to our project” said the Director.

By Ruth Yeabu Sesay

The Minister of Transport and Aviation Kabineh Kallon says the new Freetown International Airport being constructed by the private Turkish firm Summa Group is 75 percent completed. This was disclosed at the weekly Government Press briefing on Thursday 26^th January.

As per agreement, the Turkish company is to run the Airport for 25 years after which the government and the people of Sierra Leone will take over the property.

By Alpha Abu

The Supreme Court of Sierra Leone is expected to give ruling today Friday on whether the next General Elections slated for June should be conducted  using the Proportional Representation system.

The matter was taken to court by main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) Parliamentarian, Abdul Kargbo and Councilor Hakiratu Maxwell-Caulker as plaintiffs.

Chief Justice Babatunde Edwards and the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) are the defendants in the case.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Parliamentarian Sahr Charles of constituency 028 has asked that stakeholders responsible for telecommunications in the country explain the reason behind the increment in data tariff.

Charles on the 26^th January 2023 called on the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) and the  National Telecommunications Authority (NaTCA) to provide the rationale behind the increment.