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The Minister of Finance Honourable Jacob Jusu Saffa has stated that the government intends to make major policy shifts in the area of agriculture, teenage pregnancy, health system, recurrent spending among others. The Minister made this disclosure on Thursday 1st October 2020 during the formal commencement of the Fiscal Year…

The 44th Meeting (virtual) of the Convergence Council of WAMZ ended today September 11, 2020. This meeting was preceded by a meeting of the Technical Committee on 7-8th September and the Committee of Governors on September 10th. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss and adopt the report of…

The Government of Sierra Leone represented by the Minister of Finance Hon. Jacob Jusu Saffa, Minister of Works and Public Assets and the Director-General of Sierra Leone Roads Authority has on Wednesday 9th September 2020 signed a Memorandum of Understanding with several road construction companies for the financing of forty-one…

The Chairman of the Technical Committee of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ), Mr. Sahr Lahai Jusu who is also the Financial Secretary at the Ministry of Finance in Sierra Leone has called on member states of WAMZ to sustain the implementation of sound economic policies, including the recommendations preferred…

After two months of training on enhancing policy development through research and capacity building, the Ministry of Finance has on Friday 4th September 2020 certified thirty economists from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Statistics Sierra Leone, Bank of Sierra Leone, and Parliament Budgetary Office. According…

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina as part of his three days official visit to Sierra Leone has on Thursday 12th March, 2020 met with the Minister of Finance Jacob Jusu Saffa at his George street office in Freetown. The Minister of Finance thanked…

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr Akinwumi Adesina during his visit has assured Sierra Leone that the Bank will be extremely supportive in the country’s development agenda. He made this statement to the media shortly after his arrival Freetown on Wednesday 11th March, 2020. “I am here…

A team headed by the Deputy Minister for Administration, Ministry of Finance & Development Planning Hon. Rebecca Y. McGill has concluded a one week study tour which is geared towards enhancing knowledge sharing on experiences, best practices and lesson learnt by the Government of Sierra Leone in the implementation of…