By Abass Jalloh
Effective yesterday, 1st September 2022, passengers departing and arriving in Sierra Leone started payment of twenty-five dollars (25$) Security Processing fee which was announced by the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
By Saio Marrah
The Team Leader, Governance and Civil Society of the European Delegation (EU), Serena Bertaina has called on Parliamentarians and Journalists to work collaboratively in deepening the country’s democracy.
She said this at a Parliament and Press Gallery Engagement Forum, in which journalists were trained at the house of parliament on Wednesday 31st August 2022.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The Parliamentary Director for Programmes, Research, and Partnership, Gilbert Nhabay has spoken about an initiative to get the Clerk’s Office to become independent by depoliticizing it.
Speaking during a Parliament and Press Gallery Engagement Forum, Nhabay noted that they want to make the office independent so its work can be effective.
He said the position of a clerk not being a political appointee comes with a lot of merits as it is done in other countries.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Chairman of the Bonthe district Council has called on the government to address the current impassable state at the Bumpeh Bridge leading to the chiefdom headquarter town of Bumpeh Ngao (Tabay) within the shortest possible time, noting the economic standstill it has caused.
A low-bed trailer truck carrying road construction machinery was reported to have broken down on the narrow bridge in the early hours of Thursday morning, as it was trying to drive through, thereby rendering vehicular and human traffic impossible.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
Over one hundred thousand school-going children from primary one (1) to six (6) across three hundred and twenty-five (325) schools nationwide are said to have benefited under the Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge (SLEIC) programme.
The programme is a partnership involving the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), the Directorate of Science and Technology (DSTI) and the Education Outcomes Fund (EOF).
By Saio Marrah
Kenyan Media Consultant, Dr. Haron Mwangi, is currently in Sierra Leone to support the government of Sierra Leone in the implementation of the seven recommendations from the National Media Viability and Investment Conference for a national action plan.
According to a press statement from the Ministry of Information and Communication dated Tuesday 30th August 2022, the media consultant is said to have worked in nine African countries in developing media reforms.
By Abass Jalloh
Marginalized and vulnerable groups in Sierra Leone through the Budget Advocacy Network (BAN) and Christian Aid are calling on government institutions to support them with basic needs by including them in their estimated budgets for 2023.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
