The Minister of Finance Mr. Jacob Jusu Saffa has assured Sierra Leoneans that the government is going to replace all the thirteen ferry-crossing points in the country with modern bridges. The Minister made this disclosure recently while he addressed contractors and other stakeholders in road infrastructure. The local ferries are found at strategic river crossing points in the provinces, where they have been operating without engines for decades now. The...Read More
Farmers in Campbell Town in the Western Area Rural District of Waterloo have on Wednesday called on the government to supply fertilizers, insecticides and seeds to help them improve on the yield. Aminata Mansaray has been farming in the community for over 30 years, and she has no other means of earning income except farming. She had spent most of her life farming to sustain and take care of her...Read More
Gabriel Scott, the Secretary General of the Aberdeen Beach Organization, has said on Friday that, the organization lacks the tools it needs to effectively clean the Lumley/Aberdeen Beach. According to Scott, they do not have rakes, shovel, brooms, gloves, rain boots and other necessary tools. He also said because they lack hand gloves, the cleaning is slow, because they take extra care to heed objects that could harm them when...Read More
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has said that it has charged two corruption related matters (2) matters to Court, investigating thirteen (13) others, closed investigations in another two (2) for lack of evidence. Officials of the Commission made this disclosure on Monday September 21, 2020, during its third update to the media and the general public on the actions and steps it has taken to address critical issues raised in the...Read More
The Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA) has warned people dealing in petroleum products, not to aid or abet any illegal activity. It promise that stiff punishment will be imposed on defaulters by the Agency along with the security forces. The warning came after a recent raid which the Agency, conducted alongside the Sierra Leone Police, (SLP) in which an unlawful petroleum activity was uncovered in the outskirt of Freetown. The press...Read More
