By Saio Marrah
As a way of safeguarding procurement practitioners in all Ministries Department and Agencies (MDAs) on procurement procedures, the National Pubic Procumbent Authority (NPPA) has launched its third quarter price norm, unveiling the different prices of commodities.
Price norm in procurement is the collection of items used by procurement entities in MDAS by showing the prevailing prices of various goods and services in the market.
By Saio Marrah
The Deputy Minister of Gender and Children’s Affairs, Buaki Bindi Hindowa, has disclosed that the Ministry has developed a Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Bill which is awaiting cabinet approval. The minister made the statement at the weekly Ministry of Information and Communication press briefing in Freetown, on Thursday 8 July 2021.
“As a ministry, we are dealing with the empowerment bill of 2021. The ministry and its partners are at an advanced stage in the development of the bill,” he noted.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Mano River Union Steering Committee of the Global Environmental (GEF) funded MRU Ecosystem Conservation and international Water Resources Management project has on Friday 9th July 2021 ended a three day regional conference in Freetown.
By Politico staff writer
Sierra Leone’s Minister of Technical & Higher Education Professor Alpha Tejan Wurie, on Friday 9th July 2020 joined the High Commissioner of India to Sierra Leone Rakesh Arora to inaugurate a Tele-Learning Centre for online education from select Indian Universities at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The Principal of the newly established Milton Margai Technical University (MMTU), Dr. Philip John Kanu has described the institution’s entire transformation process as fulfillment of a dream. Speaking to Politico following the transformation of the technical college into a university, the principal recalled the unfulfilled promises of the past, ever since he was himself a student at the institution in 1993, and expressed his delight at the latest development.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The Office of Administrator and Registrar General has on the 7th July 2021 urged residents of Eastern region to register their businesses and other documents with the registrar general’s office in the region. He made this call at a stakeholder consultative meeting held at the district council hall, in Kenema.
By Politico staff writer
Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr Francis Kai-kai has at the 112th session of Council of Ministers of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) pledged Sierra Leone’s commitment to actions that mitigate the impact of climate change and the issue of biodiversity which contributes to climate change.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
