By Politico staff writer
The Light of Kasseh elected its maiden national executive to run the affairs of the fledgling organization for the next two years at a special general meeting held at Kissy Dockyard in Freetown on Sunday 11th April 2021.
A Freetown-based businessman, Mr Ibrahim Sorie Sesay who has several years’ experience in forming and managing grassroots interest groups, as well as in mobilizing people for public interest actions, was elected chairman.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema
The Tenants and Landlords Welfare organization in collaboration with the Ministry of Lands, Housing and the Environment has on 9th April 2021 officially commissioned the organization’s office in Kenema eastern Sierra Leone.
Speaking at the ceremony, the board chairman of the organization, Augustine Allieu Sannoh said the organization was in everyone’s interest as everybody can be a tenant or landlord.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
Officials of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and the World Health Organization have on Saturday 10th April 2021 received the first consignment of the Johnson and Johnson Ebola vaccine at the Freetown international airport.
The vaccine according to officials is to help prevent a recurrence of the devastating Ebola epidemic which claimed thousands of lives across the country.
By Alpha Abu
The indigenes of Kpaka Chiefdom in Pujehun district have organised the first Trade Fair in nearly thirty years. The event held at Kpangbema village drew hundreds of people from within Sierra Leone and neighbouring Liberia. The fair which revived memories of its once famous past, saw the display of various goods ranging from agricultural produce to locally knitted clothes and general merchandise.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
Communities in the Eastern districts of Kenema and Kailahun have in an assessment scorecard report expressed concern over the shortage of essential drugs at their Peripheral Health Units (PHU) among others.
By Politico Staff Writer
Njala University has on Saturday, 10 April, 2021 conferred degrees, diplomas and certificates on 4,354 students from its eight Schools of Agriculture and Food Science, Education, Environmental sciences, Natural Resources Management, Technology, Social Sciences and Law, Community Health Sciences and School of Postgraduate Studies.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
