The Human Rights Commission has in its Annual Report for the year 2019 has made it known to the Media that overcrowding is a big problem in the Correctional facilities in the country. The Commission presented the Report to the Media on Thursday January 14th, 2021 at its headquarter in Freetown. Addressing Journalists, Madam Patricia Ndanema, Chairperson Human Right Commission, said that in all the centres the Commission had visited...Read More
The National Youth Service (NYS), which is mandated by an Act of Parliament to annually enlist, train and deploy graduate youth across communities and institutions nationwide to carryout national youth service, has enlisted 700 graduates into the National Youth Service Scheme for the 2021 internship program. The graduates (Corps members), who are currently at the Police Training School (PTS) at Hastings undergoing orientation training for 21 days, are drawn from...Read More
The head of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Francis Ben Keifala has in a media conference highlighted issues under investigation pertaining to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA’s) as captured in the 2019 Auditor General’s report. The commissioner said that the ACC has investigated the matter relating of a missing Le, 5 billion as payment done without supporting document as highlighted in the Auditor General report and had concluded that it was...Read More
The administration of the University of Sierra Leone has in a letter addressed to the president of the Academic Staff Association (ASA) of the University of Sierra Leone said that the Government of Sierra Leone will meet with lecturers of the University to resolve an impasse over an unfulfilled promise of a 100% increment in the lecturers’ salary. The lecturers downed tools over the non-inclusion of an “agreed 100% salary...Read More
Financial Secretary, Mr. Sahr Lahai Jusu has given a three-week grace period to vote controllers to submit the implementation plan of the audit recommendations. He gave the ultimatum while speaking to them on Thursday 14th January, 2021 at his George Street Office in Freetown. “The implementation plan will be captured in the Performance Tracking Table (PTT) and if you fail there will be a strong remedial measure which will lead...Read More
