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Citizen Budget Watch Sierra Leone, a reputable civil society organization in Sierra Leone has slammed the government of Sierra Leone for what it's described as the abysmal failure of the Agenda For Prosperity. "In the first three month of FY 2017, arrears payment has increased significantly to Le111.788 billion this continues to diminish domestic supplier confidence and further ruining the working capital of these businesses as much needed working capital is locked idle." They furthered that as such, corruption and cut-throat lobbying amongst domestic suppliers is necessitated thereby conflicting with the purpose of the 29th May 2017 Development Finance Forum organised by World Bank Group in order to unlock finance for private sectors and SMEs and crowd-in investment in the country.  The report also stated that the current inflation rate stands at 19.80% which is one of the worst in the Sub-Region and may increase 23.34% by the end of June and 25.75% in July if th...

Hon.FodayRadoYokie of Constituency 068 Bo district exposed Airtel in Parliament. He said that Airtel issued over 100 bounce cheques to members of parliament and that according to him, cheques given to members of parliament were supposed to be 2016 but Airtel gave them 2015 cheques. He made this statement when the Committee of Information and Communication summoned Airtel last Thursday June 8 th this year at the Administrative Building Conference Room, Tower Hill in Freetown “When we went to the bank to cash the cheques, they were all bounce, Airtel is not doing us favor and it is our right. I want Airtel to rewrite the cheques,’’     Hon RadoYokie explained. He said that he considers Airtel as gang of armed robbers as NATCOM is not protecting the people of this country against Airtel. Hon. Ibrahim Ben Kargbo who chaired the committee meeting explained that Sierra Leone wants to be competitive in the area of telecommunication sector. Hon IB Kargbo revealed tha...

Children across Africa always look forward to mark the day of the African child which always takes place on the 16 of June. As part of their contribution to the nation; children and other family members of Adjie Harriette Thomas for the second time in a year feeds 40 thousand school children in Freetown through the Mama T. Trust Foundation. The Adjie Harriette Thomas Joque Memorial Trust (also known as Mama T Trust) is a Trust Foundation that caters not only for the welfare of school going children, but has also come to the realization that contributing to their upbringing paves the way for a better tomorrow. The schools that benefited from the gestures are: Milton Margai School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, School for the Deaf, Aberdeen Municipal School, Wilberforce Junior Secondary School, Prince of Wales Secondary School, Saint Thomas Primary School, and Fawa Primary School among others. The Head of the Foundation, Madam Nora Onike Thomas decided to follow the ...

As Africa celebrates today another Day of the African Child, Defence for Children International - Sierra Leone (DCI-SL) calls on the government of Sierra Leone to accelerate efforts towards the effective protection and empowerment of all children in Sierra Leone. One of the key lessons learnt from the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals to ensure the rights and wellbeing of children is “that initial conditions influence the pace of progress a country can make on the global development agenda”.  Hence, without any solid foundation, any country will face serious challenges in achieving sustainable development. Children and youths constitute the most significant foundation of any nation. In this regard, DCI-SL wish to reiterate that the government of Sierra Leone needs to strengthen its efforts to fully address the conditions, root causes and vulnerabilities that make children prone to various forms of abuse, violence, exploitation and neglect, and must strive to...

One of Sierra Leone's money transfer services with a global brand Western Union (WU) has presented prizes to winners in their just concluded promotion ‘Better Life.' Western Union 'Better Life' promotion started on 1st April, 2017 and ended on 12th May, 2017 with a manual draw on Thursday 18th May, 2017 at the Charter House office, 16 Wellington Street, Freetown. 32 customers in the country who received and sent money through Western Union from Union Trust Bank (UTB) and First International Bank (FIBank) were lucky to win laptops, 3 in 1 scanners, printers and photocopiers, generators and sewing machines and pieces of fabric. Before presenting the prizes to the winners, Western Union Advertising Agent, Charter House Managing Director, Osman NabieuConteh disclosed that the Western Union 'Better Life' promotion is not only held in Sierra Leone but in the sub-region including; Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Cape Vade, Guinea Bissau among others. Osman ...