By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman Documents on the finances and expenditure details of the Office of the First Lady of Sierra Leone show clearly how Madam Fatima Jabbe Bio spent more than Le7.89 billion (over US$780,000) of public funds on personal shopping needs, and paying the travel costs and hotel […]
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman Bank statements and other official documents on financial operations of the Government of Sierra Leone obtained by the Africanist Press show precisely how the wife of the president of Sierra Leone, Madam Fatima Jabbe Bio received nearly Le30 billion Leones (almost US$3 million) of government
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman In our January 5th article on travel expenditures by the President of Sierra Leone, we reported how the country’s president Julius Maada Bio, and his wife Fatima Bio, spent more than Le5.2 billion (over US$520,000) on travel costs and per diems in December 2020. We
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman Official correspondences and bank statements on travel expenditures from the Office of the President of Sierra Leone uncovered by Africanist Press reveals shocking details on how the country’s president Julius Maada Bio, and his wife Fatima Bio, spent more than Le5.2 billion (over US$520,000) on
By Babatunde Ahonsi As we put a very challenging 2020 behind us, Sierra Leone like the rest of the world must seek to build forward better from the devastating socioeconomic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and prevent a major resurgence in coronavirus transmission. Getting the country back on the track of accelerated pursuit of its
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Anne Baber Wallis, and Matthew Anderson A few weeks ago, we reported in the Africanist Press how Leadway Trading Company used standard 20-foot shipping containers rather than cubic meters as a unit of measurement to value timber exports. This measurement difference has resulted in calculations that show a massive loss
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman An internal audit into procurement activities of the Maada Bio administration for the fiscal year 2019 has revealed how Le21.3 billion was spent on diverse procurement activities by two government ministries that were not in their respective procurement plans. Auditors say officials of the country’s
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman Sierra Leone’s Maritime Administration (SLMA), the country’s regulatory body responsible for the development of improved standards of performance and practice in the shipping industry including registration of ships and other vessels, could not account for more than Le27.2 billion Leones in maritime revenues collected during
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman Details of an internal audit into financial activities of the Maada Bio administration for the fiscal year 2019, an advance copy of which the Africanist Press has seen, reveal how three government ministries in Sierra Leone collectively spent a total of Le21 billion (US$2,115,870) without
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman The government of Sierra Leone has stopped an ongoing audit that looks into the use of the coronavirus emergency funds by the country’s National Coronavirus Emergency Response Center (NaCOVERC). Cabinet minutes and a letter from the country’s Law Officers Department, seen by the Africanist Press,
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