By Nasratu Kargbo
The Chairman Council of Paramount Chiefs for Kono District, Bamba Emmanuel Foryoh IV, has expressed hope for a boom in businesses following the turning on of the CLSG electricity in the district.
Speaking to Politico on the 11th of October 2022, a day after President Julius Maada Bio commissioned the Kono CLSG Electricity, Foryoh said it was “welcoming news to the business sectors”.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is said to have recovered the sum of NLE 35,483.62 (thirty-five million, four hundred and eighty-three thousand, sixty-two New Leones from high profile cases they successfully investigated between 2018-2022.
That was revealed by ACC Deputy Commissioner, Augustine Foday Ngobie at the budget hearing organised by the Ministry of Finance in Freetown.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Human Resource Management Office (HRMO) during the annual budget hearing in the Ministry of Finance main conference room noted to have recruited more than 2,000 Civil Servants across cadres in all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) for the 2022 Fiscal Year (FY).
By Saio Marrah
The Managing Director of the Sierra Leone Postal Service (SALPOST), Brima Katta, has revealed the institution’s plans to provide different digital services in the country.
Addressing invitees at SALPOST’s headquarters in Freetown on Friday 7th October 2022 to commemorate World Post Day, which fell on Sunday, 9th October, Katta said: “Since I took office, my target operating module has been to offer diversified products and services on a digital platform using our footprint across the country.”
By Saio Marrah
A Social Protection Bill developed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) that will see abjectly poor and vulnerable people being taken care of by the government is at an advanced stage.
For further input into the new bill, the ministry and partners held a consultative meeting with key stakeholders at the Family Kingdom Resort in Freetown on Thursday 6th October 2022, after a similar engagement in the provinces.
By Abass Jalloh
Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road Court No. 1 in Freetown has sentenced Abu Bakarr Conteh, Hassan Bangura, James Kamara, Saidu Kamara, Haja Kadiatu Kalokoh, and Hassanatu Carew to 18 months in prison and fined NLe 1,500 (one thousand five hundred Leones) after being found guilty of committing two public order offences during the August 10 anti-government protest in Sierra Leone.
All sentences and fines are to run concurrently, the magistrate stated yesterday October 11 while delivering his ruling.
By Alpha Abu
Representatives of some key financial institutions in Sierra Leone are participating in a two-day training on how to capacitate Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
The training which began yesterday at the Brookfields hotel in Freetown is organised by UNIDO in collaboration with International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (SMEDA).
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
