By Saio Marrah
In an effort to implement the recommendations in the Auditor General’s Report, the Minister of Finance, Dr. Dennis K. Vandi, says parliament has approved the withholding of the remuneration, fees and salaries of those officials who fail to respond or implement the audit recommendations, effective January, 2022.
He said this while presenting the 2022 annual budget to Members of Parliament on Friday 19th November, 2021.
By Politico Staff Writer
President Julius Maada Bio has officially commissioned the construction of the Sefadu - Kamiendor - Guinea Border Road, and handed over the project to the construction company Guico Pres (SL) Ltd. at a ceremony held on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at Jagbama Fiama in Kono District, East of Sierra Leone.
In his statement, President Bio noted that the project is a fulfillment of a promise made by the past government but was not honoured.
By Saio Marrah
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Dennies K.Vandy, has on Friday 19th November 2021 informed members of parliament that cabinet has approved the role of the private sector in the procurement and distribution of agricultural inputs with the objective of achieving food security in the country.
He disclosed this in the well of parliament while presenting the 2022 government budget for the authorization of expenditure from the Consolidated Fund for the Service of Sierra Leone and for other related matters.
By Umaru Fofana
With old conflicts raging and new ones emerging in Africa, plus the return of military coups, the African Union has appointed a Sierra Leonean, Dr. Alhaji Sarjoh Bah as its Director of Conflict Management within the Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS) Department. With this appointment, Dr Bah will be in charge of managing peace, security and stability across the continent.
By Mohamed Foday Conteh
Justice John Bosco Allieu has sentenced a young woman, Bernadette Yeama Solomon to life imprisonment for murdering a 4-year-old girl who was in her care.
Solomon, a student dressed in a blue African garb, wept bitterly after the judgment and could hardly walk and had to be held by Prison officers as she staggered down the steep staircase leading to the outside of the court, to be taken to what will be her abode for the rest of life.
By Saio Marrah
Police have arrested a man called Mohamed Conteh with the alias Osokobana in Makeni on allegations that he insulted President Julius Maada Bio and also made inflammatory statements against the government in an audio message that was circulated on social media.
This was disclosed by Police Head of Operations, Criminal Investigations Department Francis Ben Lebbie on Thursday 18 October, 2021, at the Police headquarters in Freetown.
By Saio Marrah
Following the last eviction of participants in the reality Tv Big Sister show on Sunday 14th November this year, that saw large crowds at the location which caused huge traffic jam that stretched for miles along the Juba to Goderich routes, Police had to take in the organizers for interrogation.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
