Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 January 2021:
Vote controllers across Sierra Leone government departments and ministries – officials who are responsible for managing budgets, were told last week by the government’s Financial Secretary – Mr. Sahr Lahai Jusu, that they have got three weeks to submit their implementation plan of the recommendations of the 2019 audit report.
The 2019 audit report found hundreds of billions of Leones missing from the government’s accounts, through mismanagement and misappropriation. Both the offices of the president and the first lady – wife of the president have not gone unscathed.
Last Thursday, Sahr Lahai Jusu said: “The implementation plan will be captured in the Performance Tracking Table (PTT); and if they fail there will be a strong remedial measures which will lead to suspension”.
17 January 2021 at 18:27 |
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The Financial Secretary of the government of Sierra Leone, Mr. Sahr Lahai Jusu (photo), while speaking to Vote Controllers on Thursday 14th January 2021 at his George Street Office in Freetown, has given a three-week grace period for the submission of the implementation plan of the audit recommendations. The implementation plan will be captured in the Performance Tracking Table (PTT) and if they fail there will be a strong remedial measure which will lead to suspension, he warned.
He said that the main challenge they are faced with is that many of their Offices do not recognize the audit process and recommendations.