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By Politico staff writer

Two hundred and six thousand, six hundred and ninety (206,690) pupils across Sierra Leone have registered to take the 2022 WASSCE Exams, according to the minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) citing the  West Africa Examination’s portal.

Dr. David Moinina  Sengeh in his Facebook post noted that within the Free Quality School Education (FQSE), every child in public school can attempt the exams at no cost to their parents but at a cost of over 5 million dollars to the government of Sierra Leone.

By Abass Jalloh

Budget Advocacy Network (BAN), an advocacy organization has joined other groups in calling on the government of Sierra Leone to reinstate the suspended Auditor General, Lara Tailor Pearce and one of her Deputies, Tamba Momoh.

In a statement published on the 9^th of March 2022, the advocacy group reaffirmed its commitment to continue to call for the reinstatement of the Auditor-General and her deputy.

By Abass Jalloh

Budget Advocacy Network (BAN), an advocacy organization has joined other groups in calling on the government of Sierra Leone to reinstate the suspended Auditor General, Lara Tailor Pearce and one of her Deputies, Tamba Momoh.

In a statement published on the 9^th of March 2022, the advocacy group reaffirmed its commitment to continue to call for the reinstatement of the Auditor-General and her deputy.

President Julius Maada Bio is likely to announce today the date for the forthcoming presidential, legislative, and local council elections. 

Sources close to the presidency and the electoral commission told Politico close to press time last night that the polls will be held in June 2023. 

This will be two months after the five-year term of President Julius Maada Bio which started on 4 April 2018. 

The constitution of Sierra Leone demands that presidential elections be held within 90 days after the five-year mandate of the president. 

By Politico staff writer  

The Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) has paid compensation to 256 Property Affected Persons (PAPs) along the Bandajuma-Liberia border Road corridor. 

The compensation payment was done on Friday, March 4, 2022, at the Fairo Community Centre in Pujehun District at an event that was attended by representatives of the Anti-Corruption Commission, Audit Service Sierra Leone, Civil Society, and the media. 

By Abass Jalloh

The Foundation for Rural and Urban Transformation (FoRUT), which seeks to empower citizens to fight against human rights abuses and empower people, met with stakeholders from various communities in the Western Area in a bid to share their successes and challenges of their activities in the past year and  plans for 2022.

By Nasratu Kargbo

Residents in different parts of the capital, Freetown have expressed frustrations over the challenges they go through to access this basic amenity and expressed dissatisfaction at the way they say the problem has been overlooked by the authorities.