By Nasratu Kargbo Sierra Leone’s Parliament has ratified an Agreement that enables the National Revenue Authority (NRA) to know the exact amount of products being manufactured by some companies and also those being imported into the country, in order for companies to pay the right amount of tax to the NRA. Titled ‘Track and Trace Agreement’ between the government of Sierra
By Nasratu Kargbo Following the absence of most of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies during the first allotted day for the debate of the bill entitled the Appropriation Act 2024, the Speaker of Parliament Chernor Abass Bundu said that he will ensure that the budget for MDAs that are absent for the remaining four allotted days for the debate be withheld. Bundu made the
By Nasratu Kargbo Members of Parliament have amended two aspects of the 1991 constitution of Sierra Leone. This amendment has introduced a commissioner for the Northwest region of the country. The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone now has six Commissioners, which includes the Chief Electoral Commissioner and five other commissioners inclusive of all the regions.
By Nasratu Kargbo Sierra Leone’s parliament has ratified a twenty-five dollar loan agreement for the Tikonkoh Kpetemba- Mattru Jong road project between the Government of Sierra Leone and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA). According to the Minister of Finance Sheku Fantamadi Bagura, the agreement which was ratified on the 4th of April 2023 seeks to