NATCOM, MIC & Stakeholders Hold Sensitization on Africa Safe Internet Day

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National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Communications with other partners including civil society organizations and child protection agencies on Saturday 27th February 2021 observed Africa Safe Internet Day 2021.
The occasion which was held at NATCOM head office at Hill Station in Freetown attracted a galaxy of pupils drawn from various schools, teachers, civil society actors, MIC staff, the Fourth Estate, among several others.

Speaking on behalf of the Minister of Information, Mohamed Rado Swaray who was unavoidably absent, Emmanuel Turay of the MIC spoke at length of the importance of the day which he said is basically to create awareness on the need for pupils and children using the internet to search, browse and do research for their schoolwork and that they should be properly guided so as not to fall victims to internet bullies, child molesters and other such people using the internet to target and abuse children.
He warned parents to always monitor what their children do with the internet, adding that technology is far advanced these days and it is very easy for children to fall into the hands of people engaged in trafficking children for sex and other illicit activities.

He encouraged the children to form groups in their various schools with the objective of reporting people engaged in using the internet to target children for the wrong reasons; citing that already NATCOM created such a platform on the internet with the help of civil society activists and child protection agencies to pick out and report anyone using the internet to target children wrongly.

He mentioned that Sierra Leone only quite recently started observing Africa Safer Internet Day with other countries but that the idea had been hatched way back in 2008. He added that this is the first time Sierra Leone is observing the day and that there is much to learn in terms of protecting oneself from people using the internet to abuse children.

Also speaking at the well-attended ceremony was Hawa C, Bah, Focal Person Child Online Protection. She narrated how Sierra Leone has over the years been working in collaboration with other players to protect children from people using the internet to abuse them. She maintained that as Focal Person for Child Online Protection, it is her business to ensure that protective measures are established that would make children safe from abusers of the internet who make children their targets as they are vulnerable and are easy prey.

She used the opportunity to prevail on school authorities and parents of children who are internet users to work with NATCOM and other players to set up internet portals for protecting children from people using the internet to abuse children.

She added that the importance of protecting children from internet abusers cannot be underlined enough because it is an issue that cuts across countries and nations and every country must be seen working in sync with other countries to put a stop to child molesters on the internet.

In his own contribution, NATCOM Director General, Daniel Kaitibie welcomed the students, recalling that he too was once a student and that he has been a lecturer to a number of years which makes him feel very comfortable with children.

He used the opportunity to inform his audience that the issue of protecting children from abusers over the internet is not a new one as there had been measures put in place by the MIC in collaboration with NATCOM and other players to ensure that portals were created at various pilot schools for the purpose of monitoring who views what and who has a line to the children that could have the intention of abusing the child browsing the internet for research and other purposes.

Basically, the various speakers explained to the children that the 2021 Africa Safer Internet Day under the theme: Positioning and Partnering for Child Online Protection, the partners thought it necessary to keep the conversation going with and among young people decisions reflect their interest and needs. The various speakers informed the children that this led them to putting together a fireside chat series which was fun and attended by participants from Ghana, Nigeria and Ethiopia via zoom.

The participants responded with questions and observations on the way forward and generally the event was a grand success.

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Former President H.E. Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma & Alhaji Osman Yansaneh should just stop fooling themselves

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March 2, 2021

By Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden OOR.

I have listened to an audio supposedly in defense of Former President H.E. Dr. Ernest Koroma and Former Ambassador Alhaji Osman Yansaneh in which I am cussed, most vilely, for supporting latest Court Injunction against them.

I am also cussed for saying Ernest Koroma and Osman Yansaneh should defend their actions as National Chairman/Leader and National Secretary-General respectively of our glorious All Peoples Congress (APC).

I have no regrets over my public support for the lawsuit filed by our APC strongman Alfred Peter Conteh. The whole world knows the role I have played to defend Ernest Koroma in the past but this time, I can no longer defend the indefensible.

The continued hijacking of the APC through flagrant illegality must end.

And let me remind Ernest Koroma and Osman Yansaneh that the Lawyer, Desmond Edwards Esq., who defended them 17 years ago when they were dragged to court is no longer the same man. Oh no!

Let them not believe they will be shielded this time by any legal arguments or gymnastics within the corridors of the Judiciary.

Ernest Koroma and Osman Yansaneh should stop fooling themselves and prepare to face the courts.

Please see below for a relevant story from Archives of Concord Times Newspaper published 17 years ago. I reproduce it by kind courtesy for the general public.
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FLASHBACK TO 17 YEARS AGO
CONCORD TIMES NEWSPAPER
2ND AUGUST 2004
Ernest Koroma, Osman Yansaneh Absent in Court
By Regina Pratt (Concord Times)
Freetown, 2nd August 2004 — Ernest Koroma and Osman Yansaneh were absent in court last Friday July 30th 2004, before Magistrate Sam Margai at the Magistrate Court No.1, but counsel representing all the defendants, Desmond Edwards, said the duo did not receive their writs of summon.
Though the charges were not read in court, the nine APC stalwarts who were to appear before Magistrate Margai includes Ernest Koroma, Osman Yansaneh, Victor Foh, William Smith, Philipson Kamara, Dauda Kamara, Shaddrack Williams, Sannie Sesay and Victor Chukuma Johnson.
Defence counsel, Lawyer Desmond Edwards in his submission argued that the writs of summon was signed by a pupil lawyer, and adds that they were not served the writs and more over there was no affidavit of notice for the two defendants.
Counsel for the complainant, Dr. Bu Buaki Jabbie said the submissions made by Lawyer Edwards were very strictly premature. He accused some of the defendants of dodging the court, requesting the defence counsel to help ensure that his clients are in court.
“We would make efforts to serve the absent defendants the next adjournment”, Dr. Jabbie said.
Defence counsel Edwards applied for self-bail and Lawyer Jabbie said that the Magistrate should use his discretion on the terms of bail so that each defendant would be in court taking into account the nature of the charges.
The seven defendants who appeared in court were granted bail in the sum of Le20 million, and the matter was adjourned to Monday August 24 2004.
Some APC supporters outside the court brandished placards, some of which read, “Convention will decide who is who and what is what”, ‘we need a convention”, Goderich, York Youths need no court action”.
END OF YEAR 2004 NEWS ARTICLE.

President J. S. Momoh’s Interview – 1

President J. S. Momoh

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March 1, 2021

President Joseph Saidu Momoh’s Interview by Sierra Leone Live

A brief History of President J. S. Momoh
(Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Saidu_Momoh)

Joseph Saidu Momoh was born on January 26, 1937, in Binkolo, Bombali District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. He began his military career in 1958 with the Royal West African Frontier Force 9RWAFF) as a private. After further training in Ghana and the United Kingdom, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Sierra Leone Military Forces in 1963.

He was elevated to the rank of major and given command at Moa Barracks, Kailahun.

In 1969, Momoh became a lieutenant colonel and commanding officer of the First Battalion. A year later, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel.

He was appointed deputy force commander in 1971 by President Siaka Stevens, after a coup attempt by Brigadier John Bangura. Momoh succeeded Bangura as force commander in November 1971.

In 1974, he was appointed minister of state with cabinet status. He became a major-general in 1983.

In 1985, Momoh became secretary-general and head of the All People’s Congress (APC). The same year, he succeeded President Siaka Stevens by becoming the only candidate in a one-party election in the form of a referendum on 8 October 1985.

Momoh became the second President of Sierra Leone and he served from November 28, 1985, to April 29, 1992.

Momoh declared a state of economic emergency early in his rule, granting himself greater control over Sierra Leone’s economy, but he was not regarded as a dictator. Instead, his people viewed him as far too weak and inattentive to the affairs of the state, allowing his notoriously corrupt advisors to manipulate matters behind the scenes.

Momoh had inherited a disintegrating economy from his predecessor and he was unable to stop the trend. The country’s currency decreased in value. Sierra Leone reached the point under President Momoh where it could not afford to import gasoline and fuel oil, and the country went without electricity for months at a time

However, Momoh’s efforts at reform came too late to rescue Sierra Leone from chaos. He was overthrown in a military coup staged by Valentine Strasser, a 25-year-old army captain, in April 1992.

On 29 April 1992, the soldiers, led by Captain Valentine Strasser announced the military coup on the radio. Momoh fled to Guinea and sought political asylum. Momoh was granted political asylum in neighboring Guinea by President Lansana Conté. He took up residence in a mansion in Nongo Tadi, Conakry. Momoh died on August 2, 2003, at the age of 66.

Sierra Leone Live caught up with President Momoh on August of 2001, for an exclusive interview to document some of the problems he faced before and after his presidency. Here now is the Interview of President J. S. Momoh from Sierra Leone Live.

J. S. Momoh’s Interview – Part 1

First published, September 1, 2001 – Sierra Leone Live

SLL: You were Major General and Head of the Sierra Leone Army during the Siaka Stevens era. What did you bring to the army in terms of leadership or achievements that made Siaka Stevens to consider you for the presidency?

J.S. Momoh: First and foremost, I want to say loyalty. I served Siaka Stevens as Head of the Army for 14 years, from 1971 to 1985. During that period, there were lots of problems in Sierra Leone. About seven attempts were made to overthrow the government of Siaka Stevens. My loyal forces and I stood our ground. We thought that was not right. My own argument was that a government that is voted by the people should only be removed by the people. It does not matter how inefficient or corrupt people thought that government might be. The only way to remove an elected government should be through the ballot box. In that respect, I may be right to say I gave unflinching and unalloyed loyalty to Siaka Stevens, and for that matter to the people of Sierra Leone. I think that was one of the qualities he saw in me, and he decided that on his retirement I should be his successor.

I inherited an army that was built on a colonial pattern. I thought that was not good enough. As Head of the Army, I thought I should modernize it and make it more professional. In that respect I gave lots of opportunities to members of the armed forces, to travel to various parts of the world to engage in training, to attend courses and to upgrade themselves. So loyalty to Siaka Stevens and bringing leadership and professionalism to the army made him to consider me for the presidency.

SLL: What was the situation in the country socially, politically and economically at the time when Siaka Stevens handed over power to you?

J.S. Momoh: Economically the situation was bad. The world was in recession. That was not a situation that was peculiar to Sierra Leone. All the Third World economies were very bad. I inherited an economy that was bankrupt. There was virtually nothing in the kitty. I then decided to contact the IMF and the World Bank for a Structural Adjustment Program (SAP). We did that for three years, during which time Sierra Leone went through very difficult and trying times. Eventually, we were able to secure a program from the IMF and the World Bank.

Socially, where the economy is bad there are bound to be social repercussions. The situation in the country socially was not good. However, the good thing was that there was peace and stability in the country, except for early 1991, when Foday Sankoh and his rebels decided to attack the country.

Politically we had a one-party state since 1978. In 1990 I thought we should switch over to the multi-party system. I set up a committee to draw up the guidelines for a transition to multi-party democracy. On the 1st of October 1991, Sierra Leone became a multi-party state under my presidency.

SLL: Why did you decide to change to a multi-party system? Did you think the one-party system introduced by Siaka Stevens was not a good idea for the country?

J.S. Momoh: In the early 90s the whole world was then convinced that the one-party system was not a good form of government. The argument was that the one-party system does not offer enough opportunities to too many people. I held that belief too. To keep in line with the thinking of the world generally, I agreed that we should become a multi-party state, and fortunately, the whole country supported me on that issue.

SLL: Let us go back to your rise to the presidency in 1985. Most Sierra Leoneans believe that your appointment to the presidency by late Siaka Stevens was undemocratic because you were not chosen by the voters of Sierra Leone but by the leadership of the APC. Moreover, during the so-called presidential elections of 1985/86, you were in fact the sole presidential candidate and Sierra Leoneans had no opportunity to make a choice of leadership within the framework of the one-party system. Do you think this is a fair assessment of your rise to power, and in what ways did the feeling of lacking the popular mandate of the people affected your ability to govern the country?

J.S. Momoh: I think here I have to disagree with you. I was not appointed by Siaka Stevens. I was voted for by the people of Sierra Leone, and if you were in Sierra Leone you should have known that. First and foremost, I had to resign from the army to make myself eligible for the presidency. This was what the Constitution provided. Accordingly, I resigned from the army and became a civilian. It was not Siaka Stevens who handpicked me and said with effect from this day you are the president of Sierra Leone. That was not the case. I went through the twelve districts of Sierra Leone, including the Western Area, and canvassed the people. I went all over the country, every corner of Sierra Leone, and canvassed the people to vote for me. After that, I went through an election. I was voted for by all the people of Sierra Leone. I don’t think you are right to say that it was Siaka Stevens who appointed me as president. I was elected by the popular wishes of the people of Sierra Leone. I think we must get this point quite straight. I was voted for by the people of Sierra Leone, it was the popular decision of the people of Sierra Leone.

I agree that it was a one-party situation and in fact, there was only one candidate. But even with that, the people of Sierra Leone were given the opportunity to have a ‘no vote’ and a ‘yes vote’. If you were in Sierra Leone and you remember, 14% of the people who did not want me as president voted against me. It was not 100%. 86% said they wanted me as president and that was how I became president.

SLL: So you had no problems whether you had the popular mandate of the people or not at the time you took over the administration, and you were very much assured that you had the support of the whole country and that your policies were based on the mandate given by the people?

J.S. Momoh: Of course if you were in Sierra Leone you must have known that it was the popular wishes of the vast majority of the people of Sierra Leone to elect me as president. There were no problems at all.

PORT LOKO ON PROTEST! WE NOR WANT APC!

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February 28, 2021

PORT LOKO ON PROTEST!
WE NOR WANT APC!
NA FOR THE FIT YAE!
WE NOR GO TAKE AM!

The Latest Injunction against APC by Justice Adrian Fisher of the High Court of Sierra Leone

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February 27, 2021

The Defendants (Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma the worst and most selfish Opposition Leader in the entire Africa, Alhaji Osman Foday Yansaneh the similarly ascribed Secretary General and the All Peoples Congress as currently HIJACKED), have all been IMMEDIATELY RESTRAINED from undertaking a lot of party activities.

The Injunction restrains them “whether by themselves, servants, agents, privies, workmen, officials, associates or howsoever called, from holding any conference, convention, meeting, rally or from taking part or organising any such conference, convention, meeting or rally geared towards nominating, proposing, selecting or electing any delegates and/or candidates into the party executive for the day to day running of the party, pending the hearing and determination of this application or further order of this court”

Ladies & Gentlemen, this Injunction is even WORSE than the one secured by the NRM last year.

And my understanding is that an avalanche of more and more court cases from various other directions are on their way against the failed Opposition Leader Ernest Bai Koroma, his handiman Osman Yansaneh and the APC as presently constituted after being hijacked.

??The saddest part is that this state of suspension of the APC is actually what the first two Defendants want to happen. To my mind, the first two Defendants Ernest Koroma and Osman Yansaneh plus many others inside our party’s executive infrastructure, actually want the APC to remain in perpetual state of suspension until we get to and beyond the 2022/2023 Elections. I am categorical on this.

I have carefully studied the actions of these particular two men and many of the others in their hijacked APC executive infrastructure and I am firmly convinced on this in my mind.

I can be freely quoted.

Comrade Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden OOR.
An upstanding and proud APC Party Member.

Deputy Minister of Youth Affair Speaks out to the Youth

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February 26, 2021

MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & MINISTRY OF MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES HOLD CONSULTATIVE DIALOGUE WITH PEOPLE OF KAMASONDO

About Dr. John Lansana Musa Esq.

John L. Musa

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February 26, 2021

Freetown, Sierra Leone, Maryland
Jul 18, 1950 – Jul 24, 2020 (Age 70)

Dr. John Lansana Musa, fondly called JLM by friends and family, was a long-time resident of Maryland, USA. He was born in Kamiendo in Kono District, Eastern Province of Sierra Leone, West Africa. He was the second eldest son of Chief Sorie A. Musa and Bintu Janneh Musa of blessed memories. JLM attended primary and secondary schools in Kono District. Upon earning his General Certificate of Education (GCE), he taught at Koidu Model Academy in Koidu City, while awaiting admission into a university in the USA. JLM proceeded to Washington, DC to attend college and was admitted at the historic Howard University, where he earned a Bachelor’s, two Masters, and a Law degree. For many years, JLM practiced as a lawyer at well-known law firms in the Washington, DC area, as well as served his community on immigration and family matters and many others. JLM is remembered by many of his compatriots in the United States as a family man who cared deeply and did much for his immediate and extended families. Above and beyond being a family man, JLM was a pillar of the Sierra Leone community in the District of Columbia Metro Area and well beyond, helping many of his fellow citizens in the diaspora deal with issues related to family, immigration, business, and community development. JLM was an intellectual with a sharp mind that many who interacted with him admired greatly! His knowledge and skills transcended his area of academic focus, which was law. He was an eloquent statesman with knowledge and skills in politics, economics, journalism, and many more. JLM wrote articles, opinions, papers, and reports on many societal issues. Above all, JLM loved and passionately advocated for his country and people. This passion led to his permanent move back home to work and contribute to the development of Sierra Leone. His brilliance and compassion for others will be sorely missed! Thank you for your kind words and wishes! Aminata Musa (Mina) and Family of John Lansana Musa, Esq.

Was Francis Mischeck Minah Guilty of Treason?

APC Roadmap to Democracy! The Youth Revolution!

Politics

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February 25, 2021

“They are perfect how else, They’ll never learn!
We are faulty, why not?
We have time on our side!

It took that much time since the exploits of Singbe Pieh and Bai Bureh; that of Pieterr to again count any in the land that stood like them for the liberation of Mama Salone. Then came along the labour and workers movement that rocked both the colonial govt and the APC party of Siaka Probyn Stevens. The APC was formed to stand up for the common man, the grassroots with no hope for a better future, workers as the vanguard well paid with our abundant natural and human resource base; the advantage of being the Athens of West Africa to had given us an unfair advantage and restore Salone as the paradise it was meant to be by God. The APC, a northern-western-based party did not use tribalism to put Siaka Stevens a Mende as their leader but rather, for his trade unionism skills and common man approach; even though he was a dog-catcher in the police force.

The party was popular but soon trampled on it’s socialist- democratic credentials and there and then at Ginger Hall, the APC had split into two even before 67 elections; bcos Shaki had fingered the APC constitution. Those pro-democrats felt betrayed and with time their leaders, Dr Ibrahim Sorie Forna and journalist Ibrahim Bash-Taqi resigned as Finance and Information ministers, respectively. Among the reasons include Shaki’s growing dictatorial tendencies, training of paramilitary and purchase of armoured tanks and guns from Cuba; instead of investing in agriculture when the leone was stronger than the American dollar. Also, for pre-financing contracts to Lebanese and other corrupt business entities and mortgaging the country to wanton foreign exploitation and other vested foreign interests. In the end, those considered the true democrats with a patriotic and people’s-oriented agenda were framed and executed for a coup they vehemently denied; leading up to their execution and the letters they left behind as a legacy of their innocence.

Another wave of resistance was from the students of FBC which spread to schools and colleges across the country and the first strong challenge to Steven’s one-partyism, corruption and other national vices but it faltered when the movement was compromised. However, it was Ali Kabba’s SU presidency that intensified the Green Book Movement at FBC and subsequently led to the burning of FBC principal CP Foray’s Mercedes Benz car. In the end, three lecturers-Richie Gordon, Cleo Hancilles and Dr Jimmy Kandeh (later lectured at Benghazi University), were rusticated and over 40 students expelled; some went to Legon University and from there to Libya to join the Maathaba Movement of Col Ghadaffi whose avowed goal was to spread his Green Book ideology all over Africa. Out of it, rebel leader Foday Sankoh was to launch the eleven-year rebel war before the Jan 6 invasion and its apocalyptic consequences. The Ruf was formed by the SLPP and it’s leader Foday Sankoh was the son of Pa Bernard a railway worker from Segbwema who was a foreman at Mile 91 where he met Sankoh’s mother a Temne and seared Sankoh. Sankoh was a loyalist to Forna and Taqi and bitter when he too was jailed for the same Forna coup and on release, settled at the Bernard compound in Segbwema before he later disappeared to launch the rebel war. Imagine the thousands of youths that lost their lives and mentally destroyed and alienated by society over this senseless rebel war they were never in the first place responsible for!

But it was the NPRC of young khaki boys that toppled the APC of Momoh bcos they considered Saloneans as second class citizens and foreigners in their own country, and this came in the aftermath of the Ndorgborwusui resistance against the APC under Momoh with hundreds of deaths. But the APC was able to rise again under EBK but not after a long and bitter constitutional feud that ended in Court, and split those referred to as the old and founding fathers versus the EBK Group mainly from PDP Sorbeh. It lasted four years and I played the last card to end that feud just four months to the 2007 elections. That matter went to Supreme Court which ruled in favour of the old but the matter was compromised. It is that same question of the constitution that brought the NRM to the fore; to the extent that for the first time since the Ginger Hall affair and treachery, and the aftermath of the Makeni selection brouhaha, the NRM resistance and movement for God and Country is to finally usher a new democratic APC constitution and political dispensation. It is thus a win-win situation for both the party hierarchy to own up change for the democratic future of the youths and to once again stand up and fight for people’s and workers rights. This was the reason ITA Wallace-Johnson joined the APC and founded the National Youth League. In fact, the NRM comprised of former leaders of the APC League and so, the prophecy of ITA has come true and the next step, therefore, is for the youths to elect their own radical leader so as to restore our status and make Salone once again envy both to Africa and the rest of the world. Aluta Continua!

As Comrade Sulaymani Bumneh Kamara of Yonibana, Tonkolili stands unshaken & firm…APC Confesses Truth on Court Injunction and NRM Court Case

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February 25, 2021

From the Awareness Times Newspaper.
Wednesday 24TH February 2021.

After several days of allowing their ordinary members to be misled, the leadership of the All Peoples Congress (APC) has finally confessed that there is as yet no headway in the matter at the Law Courts for which the party has been slammed with an Injunction against convening its highest decision-making body, the National Delegates Conference.

On Monday February 22nd 2021, the matter was heard at the courts. Following that hearing, there was a complete silence from the APC Legal Team and the APC Leadership.

In the ensuing vacuum, a series of untruths published in some print and social media platforms, had misinformed that the court matter had ended, the injunction has been lifted and the purportedly sole recalcitrant plaintiff had been given 7 days to appear to settle money owed to the APC.

However, from the press release issued last night, the World now knows the truth. Those claims were all a bunch of lies. The court case is still very much active against the APC.

Even though two out of the three plaintiffs had discontinued their action, the third plaintiff, Mr. Sulaymani Bumneh Kamara from Yonibana, Tonkolili District, tells Awareness Times that he is “firmly and unshakably resolved” to carry on with the court action “until justice is delivered and we save our great APC party from a failed leadership”.

Meanwhile, on Page 2 of our today edition, is the confessional statement issued by the APC Leadership.

Chief Minister urges implementation of the recommendations of the 2019 Audit Service Report

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February 25, 2021

The Chief Minister, Professor David Francis continues to acknowledge the preeminent role of Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) in the scrutiny of public institutions on the use of public funds. He confirmed the invaluable role of ASSL in scrutinizing public institutions in the use of public funds. He recalled highlighting this invaluable role in the GTT Report submitted to President Bio . He confirmed that the New Direction Government led by President Bio will support the full implementation of the recommendations of the ASSL 2019 Report.

Furthermore, he noted that Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of Government are subjected to the Constitution, Acts of Parliament and Policies in the utilization of public funds. He stated that every MDA has a Vote Controller who is principally responsible to account for public funds utilised. The Public Financial Management Act of 2016, he said is very clear on the role of Vote Controllers in managing public funds. In this regard, Government Ministers only provide strategic leadership to their Ministries and do not sign cheques for the operations of any Ministry.

Chief Minister Commended ASSL for producing and disseminating the 2019 Audit Report to the public. He, therefore, called on the general public to read and engage with the ASSL Report for their own edification and understanding of how public funds were expended and audited. He however stated that persons or institutions culpable for the alleged misappropriation of funds will be held accountable as required by law and Accountability Institutions including the ACC and House of Parliament.
The Chief Minister confirmed that the New Direction Government led by President Bio remains committed to the fight against corruption in Sierra Leone. The outcome is the several commendations from reputable international institutions to the Government of Sierra Leone in the fight against corruption.