By Politico staff writer
The National Social Security and Insurance Trust NASSIT has on Tuesday 8th June 2021 extended its nationwide personal details correction for teachers in Bo district southern Sierra Leone.
The nationwide engagement with teachers is to ensure that their personal details are cleaned up consistent with NASSIT requirements. The exercise was jointly launched on Thursday 20 May 2021 at the Hotel 5/10 in Freetown by NASSIT and the Sierra Leone Teachers Union (SLTU).
By Alpha Abu
The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) Congress has elected Thomas Daddy Brima as the new President of the country’s football ruling body. His election was the climax of the elective congress in Makeni on Saturday 5 June 2021 that saw other stakeholders of the game elected to various positions.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The Director and Chief Operating Officer, Directorate of Science and Technology (DSTI), Michala Mackay has told newsmen of plans to partner with NaCOVERC to create a means where individuals would access their COVID-19 results electronically, E-Certificate.
She said this on Thursday 3rd June 2021 during the weekly government press briefing at the Ministry of Information and Communication.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Minister of Information and Communication, Mohamed Rahman Swaray has urged media practitioners to be more responsible in the discharge of their duty as the government continues to ensure a free and pluralistic press in Sierra Leone.
The minister made this statement while addressing journalists from across the country at the Sierra Leone Association of Journalist’s (SLAJ)Annual General Meeting(AGM) held in Bo, southern Sierra Leone.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The National Elections Watch (NEW) has urged the National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA) to improve on its services, following NEW’s observation of the authority’s registration and confirmation exercise in the Western Area and northern region.
A statement by NEW which was released on the 3 June 2021 noted that even though NCRA has made some improvements in specific areas like Koinadugu, Falaba and Tonkolili districts, there were so many challenges in the Bombali district, and that more needs to be done.
By Mohamed Foday Conteh
The Court of Appeal in Freetown has on the 3rd June 2021 nullified the Jaiama Chiefdom, Bo district chieftaincy election in the wake of a petition filed at the High Court citing that the election had traits of malfeasance.
Augustine Maada Kemoh Luseni Vandi-Yah and Karteh Foday Bassie were the two front-runners when the election was conducted on 19th October 2019. Karteh Foday Bassie was declared the winner after the National Electoral Commission (NEC) announced the result.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
Conservation Society of Sierra Leone has on the 5th June 2021 joined the Ministry of Environment and environmental protection Agency to commemorate World Environment Day with the theme ‘’Ecosystem Restoration, resetting our relationship with nature’’. The event took place at Chinese farm Abu road in Kenema.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
