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The Asian Banker has awarded Sierra Leone fastest and finest bank, Guaranty Trust Bank (Sierra Leone) an award of Best Mobile Initiative, Application or programme. This was disclosed to the media yesterday by the Managing Director GTBank, Ade Adebiyi at their Wilberforce Street branch. The plaque reads: “THE ASIAN BANKER The west Africa Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards 2019 This is to certify that Guaranty Trust Bank (Sierra Leone) GT-SIMPAY Fulfilled all the research criteria to be recognized by their industry peers as winner of Best Mobile Initiative, Application or Programme (as recorded in www.theasiabanker.com) Signed hereunder by all members of The Excellence in Retail Financial Services Programme on 25 April 2019.” GTBankis a commercial bank that has been operating in Sierra Leone for several years. Over the years the bank been has keeping it services and it activities within the country’s environment. This, the Managing Director, Ade Adebiyisaid are

What a lovely day. How are you doing my people? I have been closely monitoringviews, comments and analyses from Sierra Leoneans in relation to the work of the country's Lands, Housing and the Environment Minister Dr. Denis Sandy. Some are calling for him to be sacked, while others are praising him for transforming the ministry and the country’s land system. Issues of land are do or die issues in Sierra Leone and for one to succeed in weeding out land grabbing, you need a heavy, committed and loyal person to do that. Dr. Sandy was once appointed by the former ruling All People Congress (APC) party, now main opposition, a position he served for years but his stands brought division inthe former ruling APC party and he was sacked. Within the years Dr. Sandy was at that Ministry there are lots of changes he made in that ministry for which some members of APC were not pleased with, therefore his effort was undermined and that led to disaster. The level of deforestation increase an