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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson A batch of Students from the Ernest Bai Koroma University of Science and Technology (EBKUST) Makeni Campus led by Madam Zainab Hannah Sankoh on Saturday 31st October 2020 held a historic event at the party’s Northern Regional office situated at Kamal Street in Makeni Bombali district, to mark the establishment and official launching of the first Sierra Leone People’s Party Students Union Wing in the country’s third public university. This history is made after several unfruitful attempts by successive student supporters of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) in the last 12 years to establish and launch the chapter in the Northern Region. The launching which was chaired by the Bombali District Public Relations Officer-I, Abubakarr M. Tall, enhanced dialogue among members of the EBKUST-SLPP Students Union group, notable supporters, well wishers of the Sierra Leone People’s Party including high profile personalities that include those holding Executive position...

Mr President, let me start by making a confession. I still don’t believe this is happening. It is like I am still dreaming. I want to believe that all of my predecessors in SLAJ dreamt of this day happening under their leadership.   That is why I want to not only give God the glory for the unique opportunity of leading my Association to this wonderful victory, but to also thank Him for making my immediate predecessors- Kelvin Lewis PMP, Umaru Fofana PMP and Hon. I. B. Kargbo PMP- live to see this history making moment. They worked so hard during their various tenures for this and they wholeheartedly supported me throughout this final lap. Indeed, it is rightfully their achievement.   So it is most apt for me to paraphrase the words of Gospel artist Sinach, in her song "Chosen generation." All of us SLAJ members and media practitioners who are alive today, we are the “Chosen generation.” Today, the strong foundation for us to practice, God has given us. But today also we have ...

Mr President, let me start by making a confession. I still don’t believe this is happening. It is like I am still dreaming. I want to believe that all of my predecessors in SLAJ dreamt of this day happening under their leadership.   That is why I want to not only give God the glory for the unique opportunity of leading my Association to this wonderful victory, but to also thank Him for making my immediate predecessors- Kelvin Lewis PMP, Umaru Fofana PMP and Hon. I. B. Kargbo PMP- live to see this history making moment. They worked so hard during their various tenures for this and they wholeheartedly supported me throughout this final lap. Indeed, it is rightfully their achievement.   So it is most apt for me to paraphrase the words of Gospel artist Sinach, in her song "Chosen generation." All of us SLAJ members and media practitioners who are alive today, we are the “Chosen generation.” Today, the strong foundation for us to practice, God has given us. But today also we have ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson The high rate of illegal timber logging in Sierra Leone is not only the root cause for massive deforestation but also a prime factor for child labor and efforts to curtail it has been a daunting task for successive governments. Since 2007 trucks, trailers and other heavy duty vehicles flock villages and towns in the northern districts of Sierra Leone to transport logged timbers to the port of the country’s capital Freetown and some smuggled to neighboring countries. These are mostly illegally logged timbers sourced from a number of remote villages. Conversely, both Koinadugu and Falaba district in the northern part of Sierra Leone recently take center stage of such illegal activity. This has exposed both promoters and laborers involved in the trade to a number of casualties and letting children abandoned school for what they refer to as “the fast cash earning trade.” The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Recommendation 466 states that, “Effective monito...

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YONIBANA SECONDARY SCHOOL MILE 91 - YONIBANA VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Requirement for Principal: Application for the position of principals must be a graduate from a recognized university with a post graduate diploma in education or its equivalent, with at least eight (8) years post-graduation teaching experience, four of which most have been spent as a senior teacher or head of department or both in a Government/Government assisted secondary school, and have basic knowledge of the use of a computer. Requirement for Vice Principal: Applicant for the position of vice principal, must be a graduate from a recognized university with a post graduate diploma in education or its equivalent, with at least four (4) years post-graduation teaching experience which most have been spent as a senior teacher or head of department or both in a Government/Government assisted secondary school and have basic knowledge of the use of a computer. Remuneration: Salary is in accordance with the current grades and...

Invitation for Bids FALABA DISTRICT COUNCIL Construction of box culverts and maintenance of feeder roads Procurement Number FDC/ADM/RMFA/GOSL/NCB/002/2020 Date of First Issue: 12th October 2020 The Falaba District Council has received funds from Road Maintenance Fund Administration (RMFA) for the Construction of box culverts and Maintenance of feeder roads in Sulima and Mongo Chiefdoms and now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the construction and maintenance of: LOT NO: Description of works Location Bid Security LE Duration 1 Construction of box culverts and maintenance of feeder road Koindukura -Kaleyereh 13.0km Sulima Chiefdom 15,000,000 4 Month 2 Construction of box culverts and maintenance of feeder road Karifaya – Walia 5.6km Mongo Chiefdoms 10,000,000 4 month Bidding is open to all National Contractors who hold valid class II,III certificate or better from the Ministry of Works & Public Assets (MOWPA) and Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA). Interested bidder...

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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson At its head office at 21 Conteh Street in Makeni, leading humanitarian organization Action to Heal Foundation Sierra Leone (A2HF-SL) on October 4, 2020 supported 40 Vulnerable and physically challenged school going pupils in Bombali district with assorted learning materials plus financial funding in their second “Back to School Donation”   The donation marks the foundation’s second educational helping hand provided to vulnerable and physically challenged school going pupils in the country since it was established in 2019 by way of complimenting Government’s Free Quality Education drive. In her welcome address, Zainab Mummy Tholley, the Foundation and CEO-I called on parents and beneficiaries to accept the donation and use it judiciously.  She further disclosed that this year’s donation is bigger than the previous one and that dozens of books, pens, sharpeners, erasers, rulers, a black board and the sum of Le 100,000 each will be given to the best JSS pupil prom...

Cashew is a “hanging diamond” as described by Karene district farmers due to its economic viability. However, farmers engaging on cashew cultivation in this part of the country have not been realizing a greater dividend from their labor, until the intervention of COOPI through the European Union funded project “Fostering Smallholders Agriculture in Sierra Leone” under the theme of “Pro-resilience Action 2015”.  Now farmers have started realizing not only income from the sales of the cashew, but also diversifying their food consumption” says John Dto Kamara, District Council Chairman, Karene District. The newly opened Cashew Processing Unit (CPU) in Kamalo, Karene district on the 7th October 2020 is one among the six Cashew Processing Units constructed by COOPI with funds from the European Union in four operational districts of Kambia, Port Loko, Bombali and Karene. The Kamalo CPU was officially handed over to the Cashew farmers and processors through the Ministry of Agriculture and For...

By: Amadu Wurie Timbo The Sierra Leone Network on the Right to Food (SiLNoRF) and partners have on Friday October 9, 2020 engaged Journalists and CSOs in Makeni in a day’s stakeholders meeting. The engagement which was held at the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone Northern Region Office in Makeni, Bombali District begins SiLNoRF and Partners match towards this year’s World Food Day Celebration. Journalist and CSOs took part in an open discussion, identified major challenges and recommended that SiLNoRF and partners should heighten their awareness raising to the public on the right to food nationwide to ensure that Government see the need to make laws that will ensure food availability, access and utilization. Abdulai Kamara, the Project Manager at SiLNoRF intimated this medium that SiLNoRF in partnership with CoMNeT is implementing a 38-month project titled “Promotion of the Right to Food” with funding from Welt Hunger Hilife (WHH).  He reiterated that “The project operates under...

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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Despite efforts made by Government and child rights activists to curtail early marriage of girls, families in distant towns and villages of the northern province of Sierra Leone are trading their teenage daughters into early marriages by way of escaping economic hardship during this COVID-19 pandemic period. This act is an attempt to frustrate all efforts to end child marriage in Sierra Leone even though the imperative recommendation of Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 395 states that, ‘’…the Government enact legislation making it a criminal offence to permit, authorize and assist in the marriage of children under 18 years of age. Since the pandemic struck several economic and social activities have been put to a stall still in Africa and the wilder world. In Sierra Leone, the pandemic has crippled previous advancements made by Government to promote Gender Rights and to protect the Girl Child against traditions, myths and cultural practices. These effo...