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Sierra Leone to Benefit from USD 600,000,000 & 23,000 Jobs

By Fatmata Jengbe

The Coalition for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD-SL) has been following up the issue between Spire USA Inc. and the Government of Sierra Leone to approve/give clearance for an investment worth US$600,000,000 that will provide 23,000 jobs through agriculture for Sierra Leoneans, and the Coalition is concerned that there is a tendency that the country might lose this proposed investment opportunity to other countries in five days’ time if no timely or swift actions are taken.

Many are indeed familiar with the New Direction’s commitments to diversify Sierra Leone’s economy, create jobs for young people irrespective of where they are in the country which will contribute to addressing the much talked about “bread and butter” issue.

His Excellency Julius Maada Bio in all his address to the nation’s legislative assembly (Parliament) told Law Makers that his Government is determined to diversify the country’s economy using diverse sectors including Agriculture and Tourism to eradicate over dependency on mining.

According to findings, with the ABCD Export City project the country stands to benefit the following if the project is given prompt approval:
Six Hundred Million United States Dollars (USD600, 000,000.00) investment in Agriculture. This will help boost the country’s economy.

It is estimated that 23,000 thousand jobs for Sierra Leoneans will be provided and that will help unemployed people to get jobs particularly the youth and reduce so much pressure on Government.

The project component  also involved constructing a city in each project site (Tisor – Kenema District, Mamamah – Port Loko District, Moyamba, Moyamba Juction and Tikonkor – Bo District) with 2,500 fabricated houses that will host/accommodate a family of five (5) (mother and father) with three (3) children. The two (2) family heads will be farmers in the city farm with a monthly salary of about seven million Leones, (US$700) each. Such will help to address the numerous challenges the Sierra Leone housing sector faces, reduce rural urban migration, improve standard of living and reduce homelessness.

According to the Chief Executive Officer, ABCD Export City Project, Abdul Kadiru KaiKai, the project is part of President Bio’s vision to transform the country’s economy. The objective of the project is to build four cities with standard facilities for the poor people in operational areas.

Each operational district will have five thousand (5,000) employees. This project, if implemented, many Sierra Leoneans believe, will be the biggest ever in the history of the country. The CEO furthered that, Five (5) countries bided for the project including Ghana & Rwanda. Sierra Leone won the bid and such is considered to be  a great opportunity for the country.

Furthermore, Mr. Kaikai revealed that the Rwanda President, H.E Paul Kagame whose country is a model for post conflict development in Africa is still trying to convince Spire USA Inc. and have written them a letter stating that they are willing and ready to adhere to the conditions of a sovereign guarantee and to even add more money on top of that to further entrench and demonstrate their commitment to the project process.

On this note, as a Coalition of pro-poor crusaders most are disturbed by what they refer to as undue delay, and recommend the following: That the Spire USA Inc project be given an Executive Clearance by H.E the President Julius Maada Bio as against the very last dead line of the 5th of March, 2020. Such a move will prevent the investors from taking their investment to Rwanda as already been communicated to Mr. Kai-Kai, their CEO in Sierra Leone.
That President Bio should mount an investigation to ascertain reason(s) why this is a viable and worthwhile project with a huge investment amount of such magnitude should suffer what we refer to as unnecessary delay.

While it is agreed Government has the responsibility to do due diligence, i.e., protect citizens from exploitation, there is also the view that a project of such a nature must have been given timely consideration.

The Coalition believes that if President Bio is to achieve food security, job creation and human capital development, his effort to boost foreign direct investment to the country must be treated with all seriousness and given the utmost attention it deserves by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) concerned.

The Coalition is a group of Civil Society Organizations that sees the need of CSO’s participation in the promotion of  the agriculture sector and rural development through advocacy, monitoring, research, community mobilization and reporting. It is an alliance of 22 (22) autonomous national civil society and non-governmental organizations with a large network across the country.

SLAJ Empathizes with China over Corona Virus Outbreak

By Amin Kef Sesay

The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has expressed solidarity with the People’s Republic of China as the Asian giant battles to overcome the strange Corona Virus Disease.

During a courtesy call on the Chinese Ambassador in Sierra Leone, Ambassador Hu Zhanjiang, on Wednesday, 26th February, 2020, the President of SLAJ, Ahmed Sahid Nasralla, on behalf of its national membership and affiliate bodies, sympathized with the Chinese Government for the human and economic loss caused by the disease and assured the Ambassador of the media’s support in ensuring the right and objective information is put out there on China’s efforts in curtailing the outbreak.

“On behalf of our entire membership and affiliate bodies, let me express our solidarity with the Government and People of China during this difficult period. As a country we have been in a similar challenging situation with the Ebola outbreak in 2014 and 2015, so we know what it means,” said Nasralla.

He added: “China was among the first nations to come to our aid, and because of your intervention we now have the P3 laboratory, which has made Sierra Leone one of six countries in Africa to be able to test for the Corona Virus. So we equally stand with you during your own period of challenge.”

Nasralla encouraged Ambassador Hu to consider doing a public lecture at the SLAJ Secretariat to explain to journalists and interested members of the public on how China is dealing with the disease and share experiences.

In the area of collaboration, Nasralla acknowledged the support of the Chinese Government to the Sierra Leone media in general through trainings, scholarships, seminars and short visits to China. However, he appealed to the Ambassador for such opportunities to be channelled through SLAJ to ensure the actual journalists benefit.

“When you go through SLAJ, or assign a special quota for SLAJ, the right people benefit and they come back to impact the country’s media positively,” said Nasralla, making reference to journalist Matthew Kanu, who benefitted from a single Masters scholarship from the Chinese Embassy to SLAJ, and who came back after graduating and is now head of the Mass Communication Department at the University of Makeni (UNIMAK) in the North of Sierra Leone.

“So we look forward to a much closer relationship and cooperation with the Embassy in this regard,” Nasralla appealed.

Furthermore, the SLAJ President informed Ambassador Hu that the Association is in the process of acquiring land and is looking forward to any assistance from the Embassy in its effort to construct a Secretariat.

In his response, Ambassador Hu congratulated the SLAJ President on his election and acknowledged the role of the Association as a parent body of the media in providing leadership, and the important role the media is playing in nation building.

He noted that China and Sierra Leone have enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship since 1971 and that they will never forget the role played by Sierra Leone in ensuring China secure a permanent seat at the United Nations.

“China sees Sierra Leone as a reliable friend just as how your President, H.E. Julius Maada Bio, describes China as a reliable friend,” said Ambassador Hu.

He assured that the Embassy will strengthen its relationship with SLAJ and media friends but at the same time urged the Association’s leadership to ensure its membership while discharging their duties, do so with professionalism, particularly in reporting critical issues.

He welcomed the proposal for a public lecture and said he’s looking forward to it at the appropriate time.

On the issue of scholarships and trainings, Ambassador Hu said their policy calls for direct dealing with the Government of Sierra Leone, but assured SLAJ they will consider allocating one or two opportunities to the Association whenever they are available.

Regarding the appeal for support towards the construction of a Secretariat for SLAJ, he said their policy also do not allow them to provide such support to organisations. However, he said such request could be considered if it is channelled through the Government of Sierra Leone and the Government makes it a priority.

Meanwhile, Amb Hu assured that Sierra Leonean students and other nationals living in China are well taken care of during this crisis and that they are making success in the fight against the Corona virus and they are doing everything possible to ensure it does not become a pandemic.

He presented SLAJ with a projector, air condition, printer and a digital camera as gifts from the Embassy to support the running of the Association’s secretariat.

Water Crisis is getting out of hands in Tengbeh Town

By Karifa Kello Thoronka

Water is vital and very necessary for the survival of living organisms, especially humans. Tengbeh Town in particular, because of its geographical position is facing serious problems with regards securing water.

In several areas within Tengbeh town 70% of people especially women get up at 3:00 am in search of water. Speaking with a pregnant lady by the name of Abibatu who is popularly known in the Community as Kelbatu, she  revealed  that she wakes up at 3:00 am every day in search of water going further to make an appealing to  the Government to establish more street taps in the community said to be one of the largest.

Expressing her dissatisfaction, a young graduate from FBC by the name of Ruth Kabba explained the way and manner in which women are suffering for water in the community, noting that as a result of the water crisis, teenage pregnancy is increasing in Tengbeh Town. Ruth Kabba ended up by thanking Madam Aminata, known as Aunty Amin, who is now rescuing the community people with water in some areas in Tengbeh Town.

Appreciating Madam Amin, Karifa Thoronka thanked her for installing water taps in her compound as a way of helping the people, Karifa mentioned that without the intervention of Madam Amin the situation would have been worse than this. He also called on the Government to intervene before something worse than this can happen.

UN Statistical Commission Hosts Sierra Leone For The First Time

By Amin Kef Sesay

Sierra Leone is currently participating in the 51st Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission which started on the 3rd and will end on the 6th March 2020 in New York. Sierra Leone which is sitting on the prestigious UN Statistical Commission for the  first time ever is represented by its Statistician General,Prof Osman Sankoh(Mallam O), and Director Of The National Statistical System, Francis Tommy.

The 51st session of the UN Statistical Commission  will discuss among many others, reports by the Inter-Agency Expert Group on SDG indicators(IAEG-SDG),the High Level Group for Partnership, Coordination  and Capacity Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as well as a report of the Friends of the Chair group on the future of Economic Statistics, and a report by the Bureau on a more coordinated and coherent  structure and functions of groups operating under the auspices of the Statistical  Commission.

As in past years, a special seminar was organized on the 28th February which provided an opportunity to showcase innovative approaches related to household surveys that are adopted and experimented by National Statistical Offices, International Organizations and the Research Community in order to match the data challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs). On Monday 2nd March 2020,a high level forum focusing on the concept of data stewardship and the changing role of National Statistical Offices and Chief Statisticians was also organized and in both of these sessions, Stats SL was proficiently represented and made meaningful contributions.

“We are happy with the strides we have taken to revive and turn Stats SL into one of the beacons of Central Statistics Offices in Africa”, Statistician General, Professor Osman Sankoh mused. “We know that we still have some way to go but we are happy as a leadership with the tremendous efforts we have made in converting the institution into a dependable one that will be enviable for producing credible data and we are here to showcase Sierra Leone and its statistical competencies to the whole world” he concluded
Sierra Leone’s tenure, its first on the UN Statistical system, will run for 3 years (2020-2023) and is only one of 8 African countries globally sitting on the commission.

Sierra Leone’s sitting on the commission will open unexplored doors for the use Official Statistics not only in Sierra Leone but in the entire African continent. It is also hoped that this tenure will position Stats SL into a winner Central Statistical Office that will be first-rate in the collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of accurate, clear, relevant, timely and high quality statistical information on social, health, demographic, economic and financial activities to serve the needs of users whilst also guiding government and the general public to make informed decisions.

Relations between Europe and Africa to Heighten in 2020

By Theresa Kef Sesay                         

The European Union and Africa are longstanding strategic partners, whose prosperity and security are closely interlinked. The partnership between Africa and Europe is finally coming of age and it is time to take it to a new level. Africa wants to take its future into its own hands and Europe needs a strong Africa. Our aspirations coincide. Both want to promote women and create jobs for youth, drive the digital innovation, promote sustainable economic growth and opportunity, and silence the guns in Africa.

In the coming months, the two continents will discuss how to turn these aspirations into reality. Recently, the African Union Commission and the European Commission held the tenth college-to-college meeting.  It was the first milestone in a year that can redefine cooperation between our continents through a series of high-level meetings culminating in the EU-AU Summit in Brussels in October.

Our two continents are changing fast and the world is much more complex, but with the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, and the AU’s Agenda 2063, we have shown that, if Europe and Africa join forces, they can help shape a new paradigm for multilateralism and a better future for the next generations.

The two need a stronger partnership to tackle the key challenges of today, be it the green transition or the digital transformation, and to attend to the aspirations of our youth, fight inequalities, and alleviate suffering of refugees, displaced persons and victims of violations of human rights.

Economic growth in Africa continues to outperform that of the other continents. Africa will be home to the majority of the world’s fastest growing economies in the coming years. Business environments are improving, and the digital revolution is spreading fast: three in four Africans have a mobile phone, and African start-ups attract investment from all over the world. The African Continental Free Trade Agreement adds a multiplying effect to these trends by creating a market of 1.2 billion people, but they need to overcome problems of connectivity and bridge the skills gap in the labour market through education and training. They can scale up the use of digital technologies to support development, economic transformation and business.

The cooperation builds on over two decades of partnership between the two organizations. The EU as a bloc is Africa’s first partner in trade, investment, development assistance and security, and Africa as a whole is the EU’s third largest trading partner.

Both are working closely together in the implementation of Africa’s initiative to silence the guns. Europe supports African solutions to African problems, and are committed to adapt support to African institutions in the face of changing security threats, such as terrorism, trafficking, and transnational crime.

Recognizing that Africa is among the most affected by climate change, the two continents have played a key role in the adoption of the Paris Agreement displaying ambitious targets for climate action. Europe aims at becoming climate neutral by 2050, while Africa wants to add to adaptation and mitigation its desire to promote cleaner industrialisation and urbanisation paths. Together they should promote sustainable technological solutions that preserve the planet

This year must bring about tangible change for Africans and Europeans. The 2020s can be the decade of a new and more mature friendship between the two continents. Together they can build solutions that work for Africa and for Europe alike.

Pres. Bio Embarks on Coronavirus Preparedness Assessment Tour

President Julius Maada Bio

By Amin Kef Sesay

President Dr Julius Maada Bio on the 3 March 2020 visited the Infectious Disease Prevention Centre at 34 Military Hospital on Wilberforce Barracks in Freetown to assess the country’s level of preparedness to face any Coronavirus outbreak.

Commander, Medical Service at the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, Stephen Sevalie, said that they had increased their level of preparedness and were doing their best to tackle any possible outbreak further confirming that they had the capability to get timely mobile deployments.

Briefly, President Bio said: “I want to thank you very much for the good work you are doing here. I wanted to come here myself and assess our state of readiness”.

As part of his assessment tour, the President and key Government functionaries later departed to the Lungi Community in Port Loko on a similar conducted tour of the Lungi International Airport Infectious Disease Prevention points, the Airport Hotel and the Harmony Guest House.

He visited the Lungi International Airport, the Government Hospital in the area in the north-western district town and called on Sierra Leoneans to take precautionary measures in tackling any possible Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Addressing staff at the country’s only airport, President Bio said he was visiting to check on the country’s state of readiness for any Coronavirus outbreak, adding that the disease was already affecting other countries around the world. He said that Sierra Leone had gone through a similar outbreak before with the Ebola Virus Disease, noting that that should serve as an experience to prevent a similar disease from entering the country.

“Using our past experience from Ebola, we thought we should raise awareness about what is happening around the world and how we can secure our country against the Coronavirus. This airport is a major point of entry to the country, so you have to make sure the processes that have been established are adhered to. Those of you working here are at the frontline and you must put measures in place. I want us all to be more vigilant and work collectively to fight the virus,” he said.

Speaking at the Government Hospital in Lungi, the President said that he wanted to verify what had been done in the event of any possible outbreak. He said that the nation was dependent on its medical practitioners in case of an outbreak, adding that that was why he was calling on them to be prepared. He also commended the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and the medical personnel for already putting plans in place.

“I want us to go into the mood of washing hands as frequently as possible, reduce handshaking and using hand sanitizers to make sure that the Coronavirus does not enter Sierra Leone. I am raising awareness so that we all can become fighters against the virus. We are putting plans to ensure you are all well-protected when performing your duty,” he assured health workers.

Country Representative for the World Health Organization, WHO, Evans Liyosi, said that the action of the President to monitor and get first-hand information was a move in the right direction. He saidt the virus was already in other parts of Africa, adding that Sierra Leone must do everything to prepare itself for any possible outbreak.

Many people have died globally from COVID-19, as the illness is officially known, while more than 89,000 infections have been confirmed in dozens of countries, according to the World Health Organization.

 

SALCAB MD is in High Gear to Lecture IPAM Students

Ishmeal Mohamed Kebbay Jr. Managing Director of the Sierra Leone Cable Limited

By Amin Kef Sesay

Ishmeal Mohamed Kebbay Jr. Managing Director of the Sierra Leone Cable Limited (SALCAB) has disclosed to media practitioners that he is very enthusiastic to hit the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM), the entity that bagged the AWOL Best Tertiary Institution of the Year, where on the 5th March 2020 he will be delivering a powerful Public Lecture as a Guest Speaker. The epic event will take place at the Multi-Purpose Hall, Aberdeen Beach, Freetown.

Kebbey informed of how he will grace the Business Administration Management Seminar that is been organized by IPAM in order to interact with future Business Organizational Officers in Sierra Leone and to continue to enlighten them on the essence of Business Administration Management in Sierra Leone.

The astute SALCAB Managing Director, Ishmeal Mohamed Kebbay Jr., will deliver a public lecture on the topic: “Human Resource Management: Its Impact on Organization and National Development”; at The 1st Human Resource Management Seminar, organised by the Department of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship.

Conjoined  Sierra Leonean Twins Surgically Separated in the USA

By Amin Kef Sesay

Recently, conjoined Sierra Leonean twins were separated successfully at the Columbia University Hospital in New York City. The twins were born in Sierra Leone in September 2019 and flown to the United States in December 2019 for surgical separation.

The separation was done by nurses and doctors at Columbia Presbyterian Children’s Hospital. Columbia University Hospital did the surgery pro-bono (free of charge) after Ms. Zainab Bangurah of Maryland, an advocate for the twins reached out to several hospitals in the United States seeking help. The Columbia University Hospital help came through Ms. Kathleen Bateh Thomas, a Sierra Leonean nurse at the Columbia University hospital.

Ms. Thomas convinced her doctors at Columbia University Hospital to do the separation surgery for free after her friend Ms. Bangurah reached out to her for help. Through Ms. Zainab Bangurah outreach The Women’s of Substance, a non-profit organization based in the DMV area and FPU-NA through it New York Chapter FPU-NY got involved.

The Women’s of Substance who have been very active in amazing charitable causes in Sierra Leone played a vital role in the Conjoined Twins cause both financially and morally. The FPU-NY and it very hard-working President, Abdul Rahim Jalloh and his beautiful family have been very active in the lives of the twins and their parents.

Mr. Rahim and his family have been hosting the twins and their parents at their home in Brooklyn since the Conjoined Twins arrived in New York. While his wife and children help with caring for the twins at home, Mr. Rahim Jalloh has been very active in accompanying the twins and their parents to every appointment.

Ms. Mimi Betts and Nurse Laga accompanied the twins to New York and also provided help while they were in Sierra Leone. The nurses at the Cottage Hospital in Freetown also provided care for the twins in Sierra Leone before they were flown out to the United States as well as people of Sierra Leone for supporting the twins and their parents.

The Government of Sierra Leone also supported the twins both at home and abroad. It provided $12000 for the upkeep of the twins in New York City and $4000 to the two nurses who accompanied the twins to the United States (tickets/per diem) (&16000 total).

Vice President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh was also very instrumental in showing keen interest in the cause of the twins and their parents as well as Dr. Edwina Thomas who also played a major role. Friends, supporters and strangers donated money and offered prayers for the twins and their parents.

After Gruesome Killing of its member…  Fullah Community Calls for Prevalence of Justice  

By Foday Moriba Conteh

During the burial ceremony of late Abdulai Jalloh, on Friday 28th 2020 at the Kissy Road Cemetery in Freetown, members of the Fullah Community in Sierra Leone has called on the Government of Sierra Leone to give them justice. This plea came in the wake of the death of Abdulai Jalloh, a young man who was allegedly murdered at the Guinean Embassy, along Jomo Kenyatta Road, Brookfields in Freetown.

Addressing Press men and members of the Fullah Community at the cemetery, Mohamed Sarjoh Jalloh (SAJ), Acting Western Area Fullah Community Tribal Head, said the death of late Abdulai is a big loss to the Fullah Communities in Guinea and Sierra Leone, adding that he was one of the youngest vibrant men who was always working in the interest of the Fullah Community in the country.

SAJ stated as the Acting Fullah Tribal Head, “it is our responsibility to embrace, protect and look after the welfare of every Fullah in the country, be it Fullah from Guinea or Sierra Leone and the Fullah Community is known to be made up of very peaceful individuals, so for our brother to be killed just like that we are very much concerned and are crying for justice to be done”.

Chairman Western Area Fullah Community Tribal Heads, Alhaji Sarjoh Portal Bah, disclosed that the death of Abdulai came as a shock and surprise to the Fullah Communities, because the Fullahs are known to be a peaceful and law abiding people. He stated that when they received the news of Abdulai’s death on Saturday 22nd February 2020, on Monday they went to the Embassy and engaged them to know the cause of the death and going further to proffer solutions to end the violence, but there was no positive response given by the Ambassador and Embassy staff.

He continued that they were made to understand that these young guys went to the Embassy to collect their voters ID Cards for the Sunday 1st March 2020 Guinean Parliamentary election and referendum which will see President Alpha Konde running for a third term, but they were denied the opportunity to have their IDs, adding that It was also allegedly learnt that the embassy was selectively distributing ID cards to some set of people which prompted an argument to ensue between the young men and Embassy staff, on allegation that they were being denied their ID cards and their right to vote, which was deemed as a form of human right violation by the Embassy authorities.

“We are very much concern that those who were thought to be the perpetrators are walking freely, while some of the victims are in police custody. So we are calling on the Sierra Leone authorities to speedily investigate the matter, as justice delayed is justice denied,’’ Portal further underscored.

Mohamed Silvin Bah, Chairman and Leader of the National Fullah Youth Liberation Movement, said their movement is totally against any form of violence and needs justice in this matter, so as to avoid future similar occurrences. He assured the Fullah Community that the Movement will work with the Sierra Leone Police and the relevant authorities to speedily investigate so that justice will prevail.

Audit Service SL Dilates on Procedures of Auditing Imprests

By Edward Vamboi

There has been divergent views in auditing imprests and in a bid to throw light on that, Audit Service Sierra Leone on the 2nd March, 2020 as part of its public education and information drive dilated on the procedures in the audit of imprests stressing that Part 10 of the Public Financial Management Regulations 2018, deals exclusively with the establishment, utilisation and retirement of imprests.

According to Section 117(1) of the Public Financial Management Regulations 2018 an imprest fund is established for making payments of petty expenditure that cannot be made through the ordinary payment process required under the Act and the Regulations without undue inconvenience.

In other words an imprest can be defined as a fund disbursed to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for small items of expenditure and restored to a fixed amount periodically. It can also be referred to as an amount disbursed to an MDA to undertake a specific activity. Imprests are paid into the accounts of the MDAs in advance, and the MDAs are required to retire imprest disbursed in full.

There is what is known as a Standing Imprest which is an amount allocated/disbursed to an MDA for the payment of small items of expenditure and utilised amount of which can be replenished upon retirement and request. Standing imprest is maintained throughout a financial year.

The other type of imprest is Special Imprest which is established for making specific payments in respect of specific activities or events. A special imprest is not replenished and must be fully retired 30 days after the completion of the activity.

Section 119(2) of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone mandates the Auditor-General to audit the public accounts of Sierra Leone and all public offices. It further states that the Auditor-General shall have access to all books, records, returns and other documents relating or relevant to those accounts. The MDAs expenditure relating to imprests are part of the records, returns and documents submitted to auditors for audit purpose.

The main objective of auditing imprests is to verify whether a particular MDA complies with Sections 117 to 124 of the Public Financial Management Regulations, 2018.

When we look at the procedures involved in auditing imprests  it will be realized that first the auditors establish whether the auditee maintained standing imprest and/or requested and received special imprest during the period under audit by  reviewing the budget and the bank account of the auditee,

reviewing the IFMIS expense analysis printout and interviewing key personnel of the entity. When once the existence of imprest is confirmed, the auditors will then request for all retirements relating to the imprest and review them to ensure that they are appropriate and complete,

It must be confirmed that special imprests are utilised only for the intended purposes and fully retired, There is also the need to confirm that the entity comply with the sections on imprests and issue query on any deviations or exceptions observed.

The unsatisfactory response and supporting evidence to query or observation on imprests form part of the audit issues that goes into the Auditor-General’s Annual Report that is sent to parliament in line with section 119(4) of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone.

Imprest holders are therefore advised to fully comply with the provisions in Sections 117 to 124 of the Public Financial Management Regulations, 2018 in the management of imprest.

It has been established that Audit Service Sierra Leone will continue to carry out its mandate of being the guardian of Sierra Leone’s economic security.

 

 

 

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