Anti-Corruption Commission, ACCnorthern region has held a routine “customised meeting” with staff of Plan-SL in the region at their 63 Magburaka Road office in Makeni.
Programme Coordinator Plan, Abdulai Jalloh who chaired the meeting, expressed delight and maintained that they were willing at all times to receive ACC and therefore pledged their support to eradicating corruption.
Anti-Corruption Commission chief in Makeni has called on the Inter Religious Council gathering to include anti-corruption messages in their sermons when he recently addressed torchbearers at the Wesleyan Regional Headquarters in Makeni.
Patrick Sandi noted that it was very important for them to take a strong position and stance in the fight against corruption by preaching against it to their congregations.
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Family and party sources have confirmed to Politico that the Minority Leader in Sierra Leone’s Parliament, Momoh Pujeh died last night after a long illness. Details are still sketchy.
The leader of the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party in Parliament was Minister of Transport under the Tejan Kabbah administration until he was indicted and convicted for corruption. He later won on appeal.
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The United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Susan Rice will not travel to Sierra Leone as part of the UN Security Council’s three-nation West Africa visit next week.
Public Affairs Officer at the US embassy in Freetown, Mark Carr tells Politico that Ms Rice will lead the delegation to Ivory Coast and Liberia but will head straight back to New York from Abidjan.
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Ruling party Member of Parliament for Constituency 61 in Lower Yoni in the Tonkolili District, has accused the police of murder, rape, looting and an attempt to cover up their own brutality against innocent civilians they should protect. The police Criminal Investigations Department have flatly denied the allegations.
A 29-member delegation from the United Nations Security Council will visit Sierra Leone midweek next week, Politico can authoritatively reveal, and confirm also that the United States Permanent Representative to the world body, Susan Rice, will lead the delegation.
According to the Office of the UN Spokesman in New York, the delegation will visit west Africa from 18 – 23 May taking them to Liberia and Ivory Coast with Sierra Leone being the last leg of the visit.
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