By Septimus Senessie in Kono
The chairman of the Kono District Council of Principals, Mohamed Tamba Foday, who doubles as the Principal of the Islamic Secondary School has praised the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for making available early examination materials for thousands of pupil who entered for this year’s National Primary School Examination (NPSE).
The Open Society Initiative for West Africa has met with 17 of its 21 partner organisations in Sierra Leone, assuring them of the work of the organization in the country. They also got representatives from the OSIWA Guinea office.
The day-long meeting discussed procedures for applying for grant and receiving funding from OSIWA, emphasizing the need for transparency and accountability. There were also senior officials from the OSIWA headquarters in Dakar.
The partners include civil society and media organizations as well as Government institutions,
The Monitoring and Compliance Unit of the Anti Corruption Commission has presented monitoring reports to stakeholders at the SLTU Hall in Makeni. The reports were on the Ministries of Local Government, Health and Sanitation, Education and Agriculture.
Welcoming participants, the ACC Regional Manager, Patrick Sandi, who chaired the occasion observed that the occasion was significant because the Commission was “making another giant stride in combating graft in the country”.
By Septimus Senessie in Kono
OCTEA mining group in the diamond fields of Kono, eastern Sierra Leone, has laid off some 300 out of the 426 miners they had earlier sent on leave.
The company’s administrative officer, Julius Aruna, said they had to embark on redundancy after they realised that production had drastically reduced in the last three months.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
