The Petroleum Regulatory Agency was established by an Act of Parliament in 2014 to grant licenses and regulate the downstream sector. Over the years, the entity has been lacking the required leadership needed to realize its full potential despite its revenue potential. Having been in the corporate world for years with outstanding and remarkable performance, Brima Baluwa Koroma was appointed …

By Mohamed Fofanah. The National Public Procurement Authority (NPPA) has launched the second quarter of the 2021 Price Norm, making it a mandatory reference document to guide officials who ply their trade as procurement professionals across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the country. The Price Norm is a required blueprint document which is aimed at enhancing prudent public financial …

By Lansana Fofanah. The Deputy Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority, James Bio has announced the launch of what he called ‘Operation Free Flow’ within the central business district of Freetown in order to sanitize the City. The SLRSA Deputy Director said the Authority together with the Sierra Leone Police are determined to clean up the  central …

By Mohamed Fofanah. The National Public Procurement Authority (NPPA) has announced plans to transform public procurement processes to electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) system, as part of Government efforts to enhance fairness, transparency and seek value for money in procurement process across the sector. The system will be piloted later this year in two key ministries: the Ministry of Health and …

By Lansana Fofanah. The Executive Chairman of the Petroleum Regulatory Agency, Brima Baluwa Koroma, has on Thursday 15th April 2021, paid an on-the-spot visit to the All Petroleum Products industry at the Kissy Oil Refinery in the East-end of Freetown. The Kissy Oil Refinery was left in ruins for years. But under the New Direction government of His Excellency President …

The general public is hereby informed that the National Revenue Authority has commenced the installation of the Electronic Cash Register (ECR) Machines in the business premises of all registered GST taxpayers such as supermarkets, hotels, guest houses, restaurants, bars, night clubs, building materials stores, boutiques, saloons, general merchandise, and other services providers, among others. The public is hereby reminded that …

By Lansana Fofanah. After emerging as the most responsive bidder (out of eighteen applicants) for the construction of the National Social Security and Insurance Office in Port Loko, Leone Construction and General Engineering Service has officially been handed over the site for the construction work to commence. Addressing the contractor and stakeholders at the site situated at Lungi highway Port …

By Mohamed Fofanah. Leading oil marketing company, National Petroleum (NP-SL) has opened a new filling station outlet on Peninsular Road, Hamilton on Saturday as part of the company’s expansion project in an effort to make petroleum products available and accessible all over the country and continue to be the leading pack in the downstream sector. The Managing Director of the …

By Sylvester Samba.                                                                                        Zoodlabs, the private company now responsible for the operations, management and commercialization of Sierra Leone’s ‘Subsea Fibre Optic Infrastructure’ has disclosed that they will be deploying a second Submarine Cable worth US$36 million before the end of 2023/24. This disclosure was made to the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) while on a conducted …

The Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Musa Timothy Kabbah, on 20th March 2021, officially reopened the Tonkolili Iron Ore Mine, at a well-attended ceremony at Ferengbeya Village in Tonkolili District. The ceremony, which attracted senior Government officials, the local population, Chinese Government representatives in Sierra Leone and top executives of Kingho Mining Company (KMC), signalled the start of full-scale …