Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 January 2021:
The 2019 Audit Report uncovers egregious flaws in the handling of Constituency Development Funds (CDF) by MPs, amounting to 22 billion Leones.
Schedules to the financial statements for Constituency Development Funds examined by the auditors revealed that Le10.1 billion and Le12.2 billion were paid to Members of Parliament including Paramount Chief Members of Parliament (PCMPs) for 2018 and 2019 respectively, but same could not be properly accounted for.
According to the auditors, the Le10.1 billion paid to MPs in 2018 was meant for the construction or renting of a constituency office in all the 132 constituencies, but these monies could not be accounted for during the audit verification exercise.
Luther hosts Dr. Bettina Love for MLK Jr. Day lecture Monday, January 11, 2021 5:47 PM
Dr. Bettina L. Love, an author, activist and public speaker will give Luther College s 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Day lecture at 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18.
The viewing link for this lecture, which is free and open to the public, can be found on the Luther College Events page, luther.edu/events.Love s lecture, Living a Hip Hop and Abolitionist Life: Resistance, Creativity, Hip Hop Civics Ed, Intersectionality and Black Joy, will educate viewers about racial violence, oppression, intersectional justice and how to make sustainable community change.
Love’s work is based on a curriculum she created called GET FREE, which connects youth to resources and a network of artists, community leaders and activists who advocate for visibility, inclusion and societal change. Love is a sought-after speaker with lecture topics ranging from anti-racism and art-based education to Black girlhood and
Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 January 2021:
There is high possibility that the National Revenue Authority of Sierra Leone has lost tax revenue amounting to 11 billion Leones, audit reports revealed.
The 2019 Annual Audit Report shows that MDAs, Public Enterprises and Local Councils deducted withholding taxes amounting to Le8.8 billion but failed to pay it over to the NRA as by law established.
The Covid-19 audit reveals serious financial flaws in the handling of withholding taxes by NaCOVERC, IHPAU and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation.
These institutions withheld taxes amounting to Le1.8 billion but reneged on paying it over to the revenue authority. They also failed to deduct Le39.4 million withholding taxes from payments made to contractors and suppliers.
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Luther College hosts Dr. Bettina Love for Martin Luther King Jr. Day lecture
Dr. Bettina L. Love, an author, activist and public speaker will give Luther College s 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Day lecture at 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 18. The viewing link for this lecture, which is free and open to the public, can be found on the Luther College Events page, luther.edu/events.
Love s lecture, Living a Hip Hop and Abolitionist Life: Resistance, Creativity, Hip Hop Civics Ed, Intersectionality and Black Joy, will educate viewers about racial violence, oppression, intersectional justice and how to make sustainable community change. Love’s work is based on a curriculum she created called GET FREE, which connects youth to resources and a network of artists, community leaders and activists who advocate for visibility, inclusion and societal change.