His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has opened an orientation workshop on public service systems for Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers, a component of an administrative orientation programme that he instituted in his first term. The programme aims to alter the dynamics between political leadership and the administrative sector to guarantee that ministers, permanent secretaries, and other …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has departed the shores of Sierra Leone for Abuja, Nigeria to attend the ECOWAS Heads of State Extraordinary Summit on the Political Situation in the Republic of Niger scheduled to take place today. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State …

The Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura, has at the maiden press conference of the Ministry of Information and Civic Education, explained that the latest Supplementary Budget is aimed at improving revenue mobilization to fund socio-economic activities that are people-centered. According to him, the Supplementary Budget was necessitated by emerging economic issues that shifted economic assumptions which underpin the …

Fellow Sierra Leoneans, 1. I address this sixth Parliament of our illustrious Republic with a profound sense of honour and gratitude, having once again received the resounding mandate of the people to serve this great nation for another five years. 2. I extend my heartfelt appreciation to the citizens of this noble land for the unwavering trust they have placed …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has presided over the swearing-in ceremony of the newly approved Ministers and Deputy Ministers at State House, in fulfillment of a constitutional requirement for such public officials as ministers and their deputies. He congratulated the ministers and their deputies, reminding them that he was doing so knowing that their tasks were no mean …

𝐁𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡. Members of Parliament (MPs) have unanimously approved the Supplementary Appropriation Act 2023, authorising expenditure of Three Billion, Six Hundred and Eighty-Five Million, Five Hundred and Nine-Four Thousand, Seven Hundred Leones (Le 3,685,594,700) from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the services of Sierra Leone 2023. On December 20, 2022, the House of Parliament approved the original Government Budget …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. The main opposition APC party have decided not to work with the new government that has emerged after the June 24 multi-tier elections results were announced by the ECSL. They have argued that, the elections were flawed and their outcomes unacceptable. Their defeated Presidential candidate, Dr Samura Kamara, has refused to concede defeat and congratulate President Dr …

“I welcome the United Nations and Secretary-General António Guterres’s full solidarity and total support for my Government’s new five-year mandate to accelerate sustainable development and social progress to improve the quality of lives of Sierra Leoneans. Sierra Leone remains unequivocally committed to the UN SDGs to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peaceful and prosperous societies as demonstrated in …

A senior civil servant at State House has clarified that, the rank of a Cabinet Minister does not make anyone a member of the Cabinet. He added that they cannot attend Cabinet meetings but they carry the privileges and courtesies (as and when available) accorded a member of the Cabinet. According to the unnamed civil servant, those who carry the …

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio yesterday received the Certificate of Return following his reelection in the June 24 elections from the Chairman and National Returning Officer of the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone, ECSL, Mr Mohamed Kenewui Konneh. The Commissioner described the multi-tier elections as peaceful and credible, adding that the results were reflective of the expressions of …