By Saio Marrah
The President of the Academic Staff Association of Njala University says they will not attend a meeting scheduled for tomorrow with the Vice President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, aimed at ending the ongoing strike by lecturers.
Claude Dimoh says the meeting is pointless and they will only meet with the Chancellor and President, Julius Maada Bio.
By: Lamin Idriss Conteh (Cazorla)
Residents of Aberdeen and Kingtom have called on the authorities involved in the ongoing water project in their two communities to expedite the construction process.
The project is serving as a pilot under the ‘’Sierra Leone Threshold’’ programme which was signed in 2015 between the Government of Sierra Leone and the United States of America to provide clean and sustainable water and electricity supply and to strengthen project regulation.
By Alpha Abu
The main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party has announced the postponement of their Convention and National Delegates’ Conference which were scheduled for 16th January and 21st February, this year.
A press release issued by the party last week says the decision was arrived at in view of “the extenuating circumstances which are posing challenges for the holding of conventions leading to the National Delegates’ Conference which include the Covid-19 pandemic and the State of Public Health Emergency”.
By Abass Jalloh
In a general assessment of the government in 2020, Sierra Leoneans across Freetown have called on the government of Sierra Leone to work on improving the prevailing economic situation in the country.
Their dissatisfaction revolves around the economic situation of the country especially with the high cost of food stuff and other basic commodities. This has been made worse by COVID19 that has seriously impacted businesses.
By Alpha Abu
There has been an alarming upsurge in the number of new infections of the coronavirus in parts of Pujehun district in southern Sierra Leone.
Official figures show that the district recorded three new cases of Covid19 on the 10 January 2021, after it had gone for 130 days without.
By Saio Marrah
The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has declared Saturday 6 March 2021, as the date for the local council bye-election in Ward 192, Kambia District.
A press release signed by the Chief Electoral Commissioner, Mohamed Kenewui Konneh, dated 15 January 2021 states that the seat was declared vacant following the death of Councilor Alpha Sannie Kamara, who died on the 12 December 2020.
By Mabinty M. Kamara
A two-week-long survey begins tomorrow to collect data to measure progress made by pupils in 340 selected schools across the country.
Called the Sierra Leone Innovation challenge End Line Survey, and implemented by Statistics Sierra Leone, the exercise will last for two weeks.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
