Following the incidents surrounding the relocation of an Electricity Generation and Transmission Authority (EGTC) generator from Makeni resulting in fatalities, the National Grand Coalition (NGC) has on Wednesday July 22, 2020 called on the government to retrain and reequip the Operational Support Division (OSD) of the Sierra Leone Police with a view to repurposing the division to safely deal with civilian riots. The Coalition through the statement registered great concern...Read More
The Minister of Finance Mr. Jacob Jusu Saffa will today present to Parliament, the 2020 Financial Year Supplementary Government Budget and Statement of Economic and Financial Policies, according to a statement from the Ministry of Finance. Section 112 (1) of the Constitution of Sierra Leone 1991 authorizes the Minister responsible for finance to prepare and lay “before Parliament in each financial year estimates of the revenue and expenditures of Sierra...Read More
The Deputy Minister of Information, Madam Mamadi Ngobeh Kamara, has urged member states of the West Africa Internet Governance Forum (IGF) to develop a friendly digital policy and an effective regulatory environment to ensure access to digital services. She made this statement on Wednesday July 22, 2020 when she delivered the Keynote address at the West Africa Internet Governance Forum Conference (WAIGF) that was held virtually due to the COVID...Read More
The Ministry of Technical and Higher Education has in a statement issued on Wednesday July 22, 2020, announced that universities and colleges will recommence for the Second Semester of the 2019/2020 academic session across Sierra Leone on Saturday July 25, 2020. The Ministry of Technical and Higher Education and the Conference of Vice-Chancellors & Principals of Higher Institutions agreed on the recommencement after doing same on a broad framework of...Read More
The National Secretary General of the main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) party, Amb. Dr. Alhaji Osman Foday Yansaneh, has said that the party will challenge President Bio’s appointment of Mr. Mohamed Konneh as proposed Chief Electoral Commissioner of NEC in court. He made this statement on Wednesday July 22, 2020, when he was asserting that the APC was not among parties which constituted a group under the banner of...Read More
