By IPRP Communications Unit The Independent Procurement Review Panel (IPRP) has on July 17, 2023, ruled that the evaluation committee of the procuring entity under the Free Education Project / Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary School (MBSSE) did not observe stringent procurement guidelines thereby allowing bidding institutions to progress from the technical to the financial evaluation stage in default of the certain criteria. The Panel further advised the procuring...Read More
By George M.O. Williams The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation ( FAO) with funding from the Irish government has tools and seeds to 1,500 vegetable farmers mostly women and youths from 5 districts of Sierra Leone. The project, entitled, “Building resilient communities through climate smart and market driven production for improved food and nutrition security in Sierra Leone”, seeks to complement Government’s efforts in reducing food insecurity...Read More
The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) through the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) will be submitting the list of 680 teachers including 203 Heads of Schools from different public schools for retirement in 2023. According to the Secretary of TSC, Mr. Sorie I. Turay, their retirement takes effect on August 31, 2023 and it is anticipated that they would be paid their gratuities together with their last salary...Read More
Sierra Leone is among 28 countries in Africa where Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting is known to be practiced and regularly performed in a ‘secret society’ called the Bondo Society. According to the 2019 Demographic Health Survey, 83 percent of women aged 15-49 have undergone FGM, a decrease from 90 percent in 2013. The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) has over the years done extensive advocacy and awareness raising...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) is gravely concerned about death threats directed against citizens and state functionaries on social media. These threats are aimed at causing the targeted functionaries’ insecurity and serious discomfort, the police said in a statement it put out on Wednesday. “The threats are also intended to blackmail and instill fear in people’s minds, thereby distracting them from performing their sacred national duties.”...Read More
