By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The newly-appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Sierra Leone, Dr. Ibrahim Stevens has noted that part of his responsibility is to maintain monetary stability and address inflation in the country.
He was speaking in a media interview on the 22nd November, 2023 discussing the stipulated dates to cease using the Old Leone notes as a Legal tender in Sierra Leone.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Member of Parliament representing Western Area Urban, Mahmoud Kamara has urged the Government to complete a hundred-bed Lumley Government Hospital which he claimed had been abandoned.
The MP made this call on the 22nd of November 2024, whilst debating the bill entitled Appropriation Act 2024. He called on the government to include the hospital as part of the projects they seek to complete in 2024.
By Politico Staff Writer
In order to assess the level of cooperation, successes, and challenges, a visiting Delegation from the German Development Agency or GIZ has inspected its funded projects across Sierra Leone.
The visit was initiated by the Government of Germany in collaboration with the Government of Sierra Leone.
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
Former All Peoples Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate Dr. Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara has called for transparency in the review of the electoral process.
He made the statement whilst addressing a gathering at State House to witness the Launch by President Julius Maada Bio of the Cross-Party Committee on the Review of Sierra Leone’s Electoral Systems and Electoral Management Bodies on Tuesday 21st November.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Child Fund Sierra Leone with funding from Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Child Fund Korea has constructed a three-classroom building at the Sengbe Pieh Memorial School at Mambo Goderich.
Child Fund Sierra Leone’s Country Director Victor Kamara at the handing over ceremony on the 23rd November 2023 said they undertook the project in response to the government’s call to decongest schools for children to learn in a conducive environment.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Member of Parliament from Bombali District, Salieu Osman Sesay, has condemned the restoration of tax on rice and called on President Julius Maada Bio to ensure that the aspect in the Finance Act that speaks on 5% tax on rice be removed.
Sesay during his debate on the bill entitled the Appropriation Act 2024 yesterday said “Mr. President if you have not signed the Finance Act, please listen to your people and remove or expunge that particular tax for now”.
By Alpha Abu
Leaders of Government and the main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) have on Tuesday 21st November taken practical steps in actualising a key resolution both acceded to in their brokered dialogue last month, following the launch by President Julius Maada Bio of a tri-partite Committee that will review Sierra Leone’s electoral systems.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
