It would be recalled that in early March this year President Julius Maada Bio paid a strategic visit to the World Bank top management team during which he articulated his Government’s agenda and engaged the Bank’s Management in a dialogue where he showcased tremendous achievements the Government has made in the first year of his Presidency.

At the meetings, the President reiterated his undiluted commitment to push ahead with the reform agenda by raising domestic revenue, streamlining expenditures to ensure value for money and fight corruption. Following President Bio’s fruitful discussions with the Bank’s top management, the Bank committed to scaling up resources in the tune of over US$300 million in the next few months.

The whooping financial deal announcement was delivered to the Minister of Finance, Jacob Jusu Saffa by the Bank’s Regional Vice President, Dr. Hafez Ghanem who confirmed that the Bank will approve US$230 million dollars against June 30 this year.
Dr. Ghanem said that top management of the Bank are happy with the progress the Government has made in few months in governance and that they as a development financing institution, they stand ready to support the reforms and actions taken to provide efficient and effective management of the economy.
The Management also recognized the bold steps taken by Government in the fight against corruption and the conduct of an unbiased technical audit; the findings, which have sent shockwaves in the nerves of the global community.
The scaling up of scaling up of resources by $230 million to existing projects is a strategy adopted by the Bank to make available more funds to Sierra Leone in recognition of the smart and hard policy choices taken by Government. The amount is allocated to the following projects:
1) SCADEP-$30 million, 2) supplemental financing to Energy Utility Project-$50m to improve on Freetown T&D network, 3) Social Safety Net for NACSAC-$30.0 million,4) Urban Mobility Project-$50.0 million, and 5) Free Quality Education Programme-$70.0 million; all totalling $230 million.
The Bank has also made another commitment to provide another set of operations starting July this year which is worth nearly US$400 million under IDA 19.
Recently, the World Bank disbursed US$40 million grant to Government as budget support; the largest in economic management history of the republic. Funds disbursed is boosting the Bank of Sierra Leone’s international reserve stimulating market confidence in the foreign exchange market.

The World Bank has also responded to President Bio’s request during his visit to scale up the 2019/2020 Budget support of at least $100.0 million; which will all be grant disbursement.
The Minister of Finance Jacob Jusu Saffa expressed thanks and appreciation on behalf of the Government to the Bank and reiterated the government’s commitment to work with partners to change the narrative of Sierra Leone.
Minister Saffa assured the Bank of a judicious use of the said monies as the New Direction believes in transparency and accountability and that all project resources will be monitored by close oversight by the Ministry of Finance. Therefore, he emphasized the Government commitments to strengthening to the Integrated Project Fiduciary Unit so the development partners’ resources can be reported and account for on their use consistent with international standards.
The recent responses of Sierra Leone’s Development partners have is a demonstration of the fact that the New Directions is changing the landscape of Sierra Leone.
The Finance Minister has already been invited to discuss at several fora and with eminent panels during the Spring Meetings on topic issues that relate to jobs and economic transformation.

For instance he’s a panellist at a special seminar organized by the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) of the World Bank. He is expected to speak on the topic: Driving Private Investment to a fragile Setting. How you can de-risk fragile environment to attract private investments. Minister Saffa will be live to discuss the efforts Government is making to attract private investment in Sierra Leone.

The Milton Margai College of Education and Technology (MMCET) polytechnic on Tuesday 9th April 2019 commissioned the newly-renovated hotels, toilets, the college’s website and table tennis all for the welfare of students at the Great Hall of the Goderich campus.
In her welcome statement, Mrs. Alima Jumu, Head of the Brookfields campus (Hotel Tourism and Training Center), revealed that the Acting Principal, Dr. Philip John Kanu has mobilized significant resources to rebrand the college including painting of the buildings, renovation of the library, a modern science laboratory equipped with equipment, chemicals and reagents and electrification of the campus, especially at night.
The renovated hotels include Berthus Wilson, Sylvester Renner, Femi Taylor, Harry Sawyer, Elizabeth Hirst and Tunde Benka-Coker.
The contractor, Mr. Mathias Brima, Managing Director of COMTECH Solutions appealed to the students to use the facilities properly and take ownership of them and to contact him for any problems revealing that the modern toilets cost over a million Leones per unit.
The Chief Technical Adviser of the website (Alhfan Adaptive Tech ICT Solutions in partnership with BMCC UK) enlightened that the address for the website is www.mmcet.edu.sl and can be accessed through Facebook, twitter and instragram revealing that some of the features of the website are the popular courses offered in the college, brochures, the three campuses of the polytechnic, distance learning, news and informed that students can download the free guide.
He also encouraged students to send in their comments, suggestions and contributions that would be published on the website.
The Acting Principal of the college, Dr. Philip John Kanu thanked God Almighty for making the day possible, reiterated his commitment to the development of the institution and recalled that since his appointment his priority has always been to make students comfortable and improve their welfare.
He also disclosed that a second website would soon be launched and that by the next academic year, students would apply online affirming that government is passionate about institutions of higher learning going online, that students offering science subjects are entitled to automatic scholarships including members of the armed forces in Teacher Training Colleges and children of teachers who have taught for 10 years and above.
He went on to state that the government of President Julius Maada Bio is sincerely committed to improve the country through human resource development, that his administration has a lot of initiatives and that next year, admission into the college would be stiff with English Language being compulsory and commended the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education for its support without which the college would not have made such progress.
The Deputy Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Dr. Turad Senesie observed that students are in a jubilant mood, assured that government would support students to interact freely within the confines of the law articulating that the New Direction is to change the mindset of Sierra Leoneans until there is a change for them to see the country as a national asset for future generations.
He continued that they would respect the people who voted them into office as they would leave office one day and condemned the practice of students serving as bag carriers for politicians lamenting that even the educated justify the wrongs of politicians affirming that the New Direction is for Sierra Leoneans to move away from the old practices.
According to Dr. Turad Senesie, the New Direction is people-centered, that government would experiment new models asserting that one should not like the SLPP but its development aspirations pointing out that unlike the SLPP where knowledge is overflowing, there is a knowledge gap in other parties.
He continued that the methodology of the New Direction is persistent resistance to make sure that there is a change otherwise they would force people to change as government wants results, deliverables and performance and not excuses or explanations informing that government is introducing other policies to ensure quality assurance in the educational system.
According to the Deputy Minister, students would soon start assessing lecturers while senior lecturers would assess the junior ones, that the Ministry wants a curriculum that meets the demands of the job market and affirmed that the Ministry wants the best from students and lecturers.
He also observed that bad governance is responsible for the deplorable state of the colleges in the country, that at the moment, Milton Margai should have modern teaching and learning equipment and facilities like projectors/video conference halls, a computer science laboratory, commended Dr. Philip John Kanu for doing a lot for the college pointing out that government wants a holistic development of the country and appealed to Sierra Leoneans to just “appreciate the SLPP. You will metamorphose” and for students to take good care of the expensive facilities.
Dr. Senesie guaranteed that unlike in the past, the award of government scholarships would be level with students offering the sciences as top priority, that there has been a 12.7% increase in enrollment in tertiary institutions that would double next year, that the Milton Margai College, that has been neglected for long, would be expanded through the BADEA project reiterating that his government is sincerely committed to service to the nation not individuals.
Dr. Senesie added that the college’s website would market its programs and activities including the personal contacts of staff and students in its domain/portal and that when students apply online the standard of the college would not be compromised as they would not have contacts with individuals.
He called for the web manager to be available 24-hours to respond to questions and queries and urged the Acting Principal to establish an electronics library, for fees to be paid online, that the Inter-Varsity Games would soon commence that would add value to education and that elections for the National Union of Sierra Leone Students would soon be conducted.
The vote of thanks was rendered by Rosaline Kamara, Interim President of the Students Union, who pledged that the facilities would be utilized for their intended purpose.
Highlights of the ceremony were a conducted tour of the renovated hotels, toilets and other facilities, PowerPoint presentation of the developments projects undertaken by the Acting Principal, Dr. Philip John Kanu by the college’s Estate Officer, Paul Samba who recalled that the toilets in the hotels were in a deplorable condition and without water with no showers and wash-hand basins.

His Excellency Former President Ernest Bai Koroma of the Republic of Sierra Leone has enthralled the world at Horasis Global Meeting, Cascais which started on the 6thApril 2019 and ended on the 9th April 2019.

This was what he told the world:

Good evening distinguished panellists, ladies and gentlemen.

Thank you for your kind introduction, Mr. Zimmerman, thank you to Dr. Richter and his great team, for the invitation to the 2019 Horasis Leading Global Change. This is my first trip to Portugal, yet it feels wonderful being here with all of you. Interestingly, the name of my country Sierra Leone, dates back to 1462, when a Portuguese explorer, Pedro Di Cintra, sailed down the coast of West Africa.

I am therefore grateful for the opportunity to be here to exchange ideas on ‘how we could work together to wage peace more effectively’.

The literature shows that the drivers of tomorrow’s conflicts are already impacting us. From climate change to human trafficking, to disorderly migration, religious and political extremism, to the rogue application of information and communication technology; today’s conflicts are generally global, more complex and more persistence.

The World Bank estimates that about 2 billion people live in countries affected by conflict; costing the world in excess of $10 trillion yearly.

This constitutes a direct risk to the aspirations of the Sustainable Development Goals and it has been amply reinforced by the devastation occasioned by extreme alterations in the climate which we witnessed recently in Mozambique and its Southern African neighbours. In no lesser magnitude, fires, hurricanes, floods, in practically every region of the world, have been unforgiving as drought and desertification have been merciless in causing famine for thousands in the Sahel.

This discussion therefore, could not have come at a more opportune time given the current realities we are faced with.

I have used the phrase ‘our world’ deliberately to underscore the important fact that distance and boundaries no longer serve as sufficient restrain; that we are bound together not only by geography but also by history of common challenges and shared interests; and that our interconnectedness as a global village requires us to pull together in harmony and in peace.
The problem however is that:
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Obsession with self-preservation, bullying and the absence of consensus building; Anxiety about protecting political power over and above addressing social and economic disparities;
Persecution of political opponents through manipulation of public opinion using unbridle propaganda and fake news are no doubt bringing the world closer to a new cold war – making the achievement of peace ever elusive.

How do we address these? First, by accepting that war and insecurity in whatever form is costly, retrogressive and can only bring suffering and disruptions; no matter your region, religious beliefs, ethnicity or political persuasion. The waves of immigrants towards Europe are a stark reminder of this fact.

Second, we should seek sustainable ways to promote peace in a truly innovative and collaborative way. The Paris Agreement, in spite of whatever challenges it may have, if made truly functional, should be a good example of how the world could work together for the common good.

Further, there is a need to redouble efforts on improving the general welfare of the world populace by striving to address the challenge of income disparity.

We should also deepen trust between the citizenry, especially the youths and governments by discouraging fake news and maligning of opponents.

Promoting intergenerational exchange to consolidate peace requires opening the political space by encouraging genuine inclusiveness in governance – no community, country or region should be made to feel too small or inadequate to be accorded its rightful place in society;

It is also critical to enhance access to justice, transparent and accountable leadership, as well as building and integrating a culture of peace over violence through monitoring and evaluation.

In all of these, rebuilding infrastructure represents a critical pathway to peace and the restoration or establishment of the rule of law because ultimately, people need access to markets to restore economic growth which generates the preconditions for peace and reconstruction.

I have leveraged on those principles during my ten years as president of the Republic of Sierra Leone and in my contribution to the West African regional mediation efforts of the political conflicts in Ivory Coast, Guinea Bissau, and in the Gambia.

I am proud that during my tenure, Sierra Leone, once devasted by conflict, enjoyed national cohesion, became the most peaceful since independence to the extent that we ‘exported’ peace by deploying our police and military as part of the African Union and United Nations Peace Keeping Missions in Sudan, Somalia and Mali. We also gained Grade A Status at the United Nations Human Rights Council, and by the time I left office, the International Peace Index ranked Sierra Leone as the most peaceful in West Africa and the third most peaceful in Africa.

How could Europe and Africa collaborate? I subscribe to the creation of a West African Peace Engineering- Corps or African Union Peace Engineering – Corps in which African soldiers would work together with a proposed European Peace Engineering Corps to build civilian infrastructure like water and sewage systems, solar power systems, or forest regeneration projects. While this would increase access to services, contribute to the preservation of the environment, it would also invariably increase the proportion of a nation’s soldiers toward waging peace instead of in preparing for war. These projects will be inspired and guided by the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

Further, we should encourage amongst the youth as well as in an intergenerational teamwork, problem-solving, and personal initiative training courses which will put young people through intensive experimental training programmes in which they learn teamwork, problem- solving, and self-discipline in the context of a culture of peace.

Finally, there should be increased emphasis on early mediation of budding political conflicts to avoid an escalation. We are in this together, our destinies are bound together by nature and globalization. We cannot run away from our common heritage. We owe it to ourselves and to future generations to work together in making our world a better place for everyone.

Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, I look forward to our time together.

Thank you for your attention.

Professor David Sengeh who happens to be the Head of the newly created Directorate of Technology and Innovation in the Office of the President, has heaped profuse praises on the Management of the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank.

Speaking at the Bank’s launching of three digital platform products recently Professor Sengeh revealed his sighs of excitements at the moment when the SLBC approached him on the solutions that they had adopted for taking the Bank digital.

He commented that the Bank’s strides in the direction of using technology to take banking to the people was phenomenal, noting that technology should not divide but bring people – old and young, rich and poor – together.

He remarked that technology is required for our development. Prof. Sengeh who said he wants to live in a cashless society where he does not have to use paper notes for transactions stated that we are far yet from being a cashless society.

He stated that SLCB’s digital banking is safe in terms of security from hackers and appealed to the country to support SLCB and the Local Content Policy.

The occasion saw the SLCB Management introduce three new products in their digital banking suite that makes the bank one of the leading contributors to the country’s financial inclusion drive.

They are MiYone Online Banking, MiYone Mobile APP and Wi Yone Online Direct.

These three products allow individual and corporate customers to access banking services via their mobile devices at the touch of buttons on their mobile phones.

They are in addition to the bank’s previously launched MiYone Teller and MiYone Kiosk, all geared towards expanding financial services to the non-formal sector of the economy through automation and electronic forms of mediation, hence addressing the low level of financial inclusion in the country and as well raise domestic revenue generation.

With time running out, barely few days more remaining for the show to reach its final stage, the 2019 Housemates Salone TV Reality Show is indeed becoming interestingly very, very competitive.

One cannot doubt that it is really noticeable that the each of the current Housemates in the House are doing all his or her their ability and reach to become more endearing to members of the public, who have been offered the privilege to vote for their favorite Housemates via Africell No: 5500. Trying to display nudity, strong language and humor, the Housemates are anxiously endeavoring with tact to outsmart each other so that at the end of the day one of them becomes the ultimate and successful winner of the mouth-watering Le 100,000,000 that has been set aside as the star prize.
Could it therefore be any big surprise why presently serious lobbying is taking place by the contestants and campaigners to capture more votes?
It is discernable that all the Housemates are becoming rowdy as verbal attacks frequently do take place bordering on personal differences and more especially to gain attention as well as to claim superiority.

The whole rationale behind organizing the TV Reality Show is geared towards providing the right platform for youth empowerment. It is to give young people, the contestants, that space to demonstrate their God given talents, to imbibe new ideas, skills and gain exposure. Organizers of the competition, Africa Young Voices (AYV) Media Empire and Africell have always being at the forefront to avail young people opportunities to be polished and become very relevant in society. It is within that ambit or realm that the 2019 Housemates Salone TV Reality Show materialized and from its commencement it has been going on very well.
Aired on AYV TV Station, Channel 34, the contest currently has become the much talked about entertainment event eliciting discussions in different quarters within and outside the country some criticizing, praising certain aspects of it alongside making predictions as to the Housemate that will top the race.

As the competition is gradually reaching its final stage, the public is anxiously looking forward to who will become the youngest millionaire that will emerge from the 2019 Housemates Salone Reality TV Show.
One can argue that with all the exposure skills and ideas learnt the Housemates are definitely not going to same as they were before entering the House. Definitely, they will be transformed individuals behavior wise, outlook and in terms of having new contacts.
It was reliably learnt that after 2019 Housemates Salone Reality TV Show ends, the leaders in media and communication, the Africa Young Voices (AYV) Media Empire and Africell Lintel Sierra Leone will be launching another bigger competition to be known as Celebrity Housemate Salone 2019 (CHMSL). Le300 Million will be at stake for this next show that will be championed by the two communications giants.
It is indeed an established fact that Africell and AYV are seriously bent on providing empowerment for young people from different backgrounds in the country.

As part of the post-election campaign coupled with being one of the lead agencies in implementing Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS), the Legal Aid Board and partners have met with community and civil society leaders in the Western Area to look at issues undermining peace and cohesion in communities following the March 2018 Elections.
To discuss and explore solutions to these issues, the Board met with five hundred and twenty (520) Community and Civil Society Leaders at the Atlantic Hall, National Stadium in Freetown on the 4 April 2019.
The participants were drawn from over 30 Community Based and Civil Society Organizations including Ataya Base Union, Traders Council, Disabled Groups, Car Wash, National Bakers Union, Orjeh Council, Hair Dressers Union, Fishermen’s Union, Ordaelay, Stone Miners, Union of Artist and Vehicle Maintenance Association.
The meeting is the first in a series to be held across the country to complement these efforts. The meetings are intended to have the community leaders to take the lead in reconciling their members and promoting peaceful coexistence.
Prior to and after the March 2018 Elections, the Board has been addressing elections related disputes through its Alternative Dispute Resolution, community and school outreach programmes.
‘We should not allow the politicians to divide us. This is why you should reconcile with those on the opposite side and focus on developing yourselves, your family, community and country,’ The Executive Director of the Legal Aid Board, Ms. Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles said by way of setting the tone for the meetings.
Ms. Carlton-Hanciles said the Board is aware the elections divided spouses, families, friends, organizations and communities. ‘We see evidence of this on a daily bases in our offices across the country and this is why we have called this meeting for you to know that belonging to a political party of your choice is a right and nobody should be denied that right regardless of status in the family or community,’ she stressed. ‘It is perfectly normal for husband and wife to belong to different political parties of their choice and this should not be a life and death affair,’ she added.
Ms. Carlton-Hanciles told the participants that they know the issues dividing their respective communities and organizations and therefore better placed to handle them before they get out of proportion. She said the elections are over as such winners and losers should embrace each other.
Ms. Carlton-Hanciles had a strong message for fathers and men who have abdicated their obligations because their wives or partners belong to a different political party from theirs. ‘You cannot use this as an excuse not to pay child or wife maintenance,’ she said. ‘This is why, I would like you to know that we have a Chief Justice who is defence minded and therefore stands ready to give the Board all the support to ensure these men take their responsibility seriously.’
Ms. Carlton-Hanciles said sexual penetration is now a national emergency which demands collective action to put a stop to it. ‘It is not an excuse to claim you do not know the age of the child,’ she warned.
The Minister of Political Affairs, Foday Yumkella said there are lots of examples to copy regarding political tolerance. He said his relationship with his younger brother Dr. Kandeh Yumkella is cordial even though he did not support him in the Presidential Election last year.
Also, the relationship between President Bio and Dr. Kandeh Yumkella is cordial. He added that the President Bio included Dr. Yumkella in his entourage for the inauguration of President Macky Sall of Senegal.
He said despite the heated and sometimes acrimonious debates in the well of Parliament, Parliamentarians are civil to each other or even friends outside the well. He noted that elections always bring differences but they should not break down families and homes. ‘The problem we have is that some people have their differences but wait until there are elections to settle scores,’ he said.
He spoke on the efforts by government to unite the country. He said the government will be organizing a national conference, Bintumani Three in a few months’ time to promote national cohesion.
He added that government scholarships are awarded to students who have the grades and not based on connections. Also. the government is ensuring the law works for everybody regardless of status.
The Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI), Abdul Fatorma underscored the importance of access to justice, noting that without access to justice, we will not be able to hold politicians to account. Also, there will be no peace without access to justice.
He lauded the Legal Aid Board for following up on a report his organization published in 2016 regarding 187 inmates in prisons without indictments and ensuring that indictments were served on hundreds of inmates. He lamented that some of the inmates had spent over seven years in detention for stealing items like mobile phones.
He called on the government to support the Board to be able to build on its successes.
Mr. Fatorma said there is no point killing opponents because of political difference, noting that politicians will come and go. He stressed the role of chiefs and traditional leaders in ensuring peaceful coexistence. ‘When we are divided, we will not be able to hold politicians to account or agitate for what is due us,’ he said.
The President of the Temne Council, Issa Catco Kamara, called on politicians to seek the views of ordinary people on national issues. He noted that everybody has a role to play in the development of the country. He added that people should love the country by contributing to its development.
Other speakers include the President of the Sierra Leone Labour Congress, Mr. Jennnings Wright, the Coordinator of Civil Society Movement – Sierra Leone, Ms. Juliet Anderson, Head of the Community Relations Department for the Sierra Leone Police, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Hawa Momoh and the Mende Tribal Headman, Andrew Gibao Young.
The meeting was climaxed with questions and contributions from participants which bother on friction between village head and tribal headmen, access to justice for victims of domestic violence, land disputes, election of tribal head for the Kru Community and increase in crime rate in Waterloo among others.

The Premier League Board (PLB) has informed the public, by extension fervent followers of the ongoing Sierra Leone Premier League (SLPL) ,that having fulfilled its disbursement of fifty Million Leones (Le 50, 000,000) subsidies to the thirteen (13) participating clubs during the start of the first round, the PLB however, is delighted to make it known that, since Monday, 8th April, 2019 it started disbursing the remaining Fifty Million Leones (Le 50,000,000) subsidies to all the clubs involve.

The Board is committed to ensuring transparency and accountability, and it is also asking all clubs to make returns of the first instalment paid to them backed-up with a credible financial report.

In view of the aforementioned, all clubs were requested to tender these reports within the next working days so as to be able to get quick access to the next reimbursement.

The Premier League Board as always is assuring a transparent and accountable Premier League for the general good.

The Government of Sierra Leone received the sum of US$ 39,670,774.19 on Friday 5th April, 2019, as direct budget support from the World Bank under the Productivity and Transparency Support Grant Programme. The Leones equivalent of this disbursement of Le 341.6 billion has been credited into the Consolidated Revenue Fund held at the Bank of Sierra Leone.

The disbursement was made possible as a result of Government’s accomplishments in fiscal consolidation to stabilize the economy and the implementation of policy reforms in Agriculture, Fisheries, Energy, Education, and as well as strengthen the fight against Corruption.
The initial budget support amount from the World Bank was US$ 20 Million loan; but this was increased to US$ 40 Million (equivalent) and converted into a grant due to the impressive performance of Government.

The Executive Board of the World Bank approved this Support Programme on the 19th March 2019 followed by the signing of the financing agreement between the Minister of Finance and the Bank’s Country Manager on the 21st March, 2019.

This support will help Government to meet critical pro-poor expenditures in education, health and other statutory payments.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening the fight against financial and economic crimes in Sierra Leone.

The signing ceremony took place on Monday 8th April, 2019 at the Conference Room of the ACC in Freetown.

Making a brief statement at the ceremony, the Commissioner of the ACC Francis Ben Kaifala Esq. said, economic and financial crimes are responsible for the poor economic state of the country, adding that there is need for this kind of synergy to strengthen the fight against such crimes and general acts of corruption.

The ACC Commissioner said the Commission is pleased to formalize the collaboration with the FIU and ready to partner with any institution that would help bring about a robust fight against corruption and other economic crimes.

The Director of FIU, Mohamed Kenewui Konneh, said he has been identifying institutions that would add value to the work of the FIU and was quick to single out the ACC as an institution that would make their work better. He said, with the kind of zest the ACC is showing in the fight against corruption, the partnership by the two institutions will produce the desired results.

The Deputy Commissioner of the ACC Shollay Davies, while earlier welcoming the Team from the FIU said, the MoU is meant to tighten the relationship between the two institutions. He made reference to Section 52 of the Anti-Corruption Act, 2008, which provides for the ACC to investigate matters relating to the transfer of illicit wealth.

The FIU Team was accompanied by a Team from the Department of Treasury in the United States of America.
Christine Wondra, Economic Crimes Advisor, Office of Technical Assistance of the Department of Treasury said the political will has been inspiring and that is why they are in the country to provide technical assistance to combat cases of money laundering and other economic crimes.

The Director of Public Education and Outreach, ACC, Patrick Sandi, read the citation of the MoU, which, among other things, provides for the two institutions to “assemble, develop and analyse information in their possession concerning financial transactions suspected of being related to corruption, money laundering, terrorist financing or related unlawful activities with a view to disseminating same in a manner consistent with the terms of this Memorandum.”