By Politico Staff Writer
The Key Expert to Parliament for the EU Technical Assistance Programme, Adams Fusheini on the 28th of September at a training held for parliamentary staff said that the training will enable staff to use digital platforms to relay information in a bid to promote openness.
Fusheini explained that the staff will use technology to provide online information to the citizens, thereby bringing parliament to the people; he noted that this will make the institution accountable.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Director of Finance and Administration at the Sierra Leone Electricity Water Regulatory Commission (SLEWRC) has said that the commission did not receive the allocated sum of money from the government of Sierra Leone for the running of the institution for the fiscal years 2021 and 2022.
By Alpha Abu
Another coup has been reported in Burkina Faso, barely eight months after soldiers led by Lt. Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba toppled the civilian government of President Roch Marc Kabore’.
Soldiers in a televised address announced that a new military ruler Captain Ibrahim Traore was now in charge of the country. The latest coupist accused Damiba of prioritising politics at the expense of the security of Burkina Faso.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), has set the National Identification Number (NIN) as a prerequisite for Candidates of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
The decision is part of measures to curb examination malpractices in the country.
By Abass Jalloh
The Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), Dr. David Sengeh, has stated that the results of the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) that are yet to be published will be reviewed.
Dr. Sengeh made the statement yesterday 29 September at the weekly press briefing at the Ministry of Information and Communications in Freetown.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Country Planning has according to it officials generated about NLE 16 billion (New Leones) from January on to date as revenue generated from the sale of state lands, leasehold, building permits, penalty fees, state land survey fees, and so on.
The disclosure was made during the 2022 budget hearing at the Ministry of Finance's main conference room in Freetown.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Ministry of Finance’s actual budget expenditure for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 was forty-four million six hundred and twenty-two thousand, five hundred New Leone (NLE 44,622.500) from one hundred and twenty-eight million, two hundred and eighty-one thousand and nine New Leone (NLE 128, 281.9) that was budgeted for their activities.
The budget was presented at their annual budget hearing on Thursday 29th September 2022.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
