The Honourable Vice President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has launched
the Ministry of Fishery and Marine Resources programme called “Closed Season” on the 1st April 2019 at Sierra Fishing Company, Kissy Dockyard in Freetown. The Closed Season is an initiative designed by the Ministry of Fishery to monitor Sierra Leone Sea for the period of thirty days beginning from the 1st to 30th April, 2019.
The deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Solomon Sengepoh Thomas who also doubles as Chairman, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in Parliament has issued out stern warning to auditors of Audit Service Sierra Leone who are in the habit of receiving extra documents from Ministries, Departments and Agencies after publication of the Auditor’s General Report.
The leadership of the main opposition All Peoples Congress party has publicly announced at a meeting held at the party’s headquarters in Freetown that henceforth, the party will no longer take part in any elections conducted by the National Electoral Commission under its current Commissioner, Mohamed Nfa Alie Conteh.
The amount of money alleged to have been squandered by the Ministry of Youth Affairs in the name of implementing four youth empowerment projects under the former APC government is staggering.
The rigid Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission, Francis Ben Kaifala, has told civil society representatives and the media at the Commission’s quarterly media update that, he has strongly warned the Minister of Lands, Dr Denis Sandy over numerous protests relating to land ownership.
In continuation of its digitalization drive that seeks to promote financial inclusion to support private sector led growth in line with government’s over hacking objective of building a more innovative, diversify and inclusive banking operations in the country, Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, the leading financial institutions in the country has on Friday 29th March 2019 at Shangri La Entertainment Complex at Lumley/Aberdeen Beach, launched three new digital products namely, MI YONE ONLINE BANK, MI YONE MOBILE APP and MI YONE ONLINE DIRECT.
