The economies of the most part of Mano River Union (MRU) Member States, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, rely heavily on extractive industries. However, the existing mineral wealth in the region is yet to have the anticipated developmental impact. One of the reasons for this poor record is…
The National Revenue Authority (NRA) has ended a two days workshop on Customs Regulation at the Mrs Theresa Sesay Hall, Kenndy Street in Freetown. The Workshop started on Thursday 12th July and ended on Friday 13th July 2018. The program was sponsored by the Public Financial Management Improvement and Consolidation…
The Internal Audit Department in the Ministry of Finance, has ended a six days training of Internal Auditors Across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) on Computer Assisted Audit Techniques ( CAATs). The training started on Tuesday 10th July 2018 at the British Council. The training was sponsored by the Public…
The Public Financial Management Improvement and Consolidation Project(PFMICP) and the Non- State Actor Secretariat of the Ministry of Finance has concluded a one day Grant Management training for Non- State Actors held on Thursday 6th September 2018 at the IFMIS Training Room at the Accountant General’s Department. The Program was…
The Minister of Finance Jacob Jusu Saffa completed the on-going biometric verification exercise of public sector workers on government payroll on Tuesday 25th September, 2018 along with the Financial Secretary Sahr Lahai Jusu. According to Mr Saffa, going the through the verification exercise himself as Minister of Finance demonstrates how…
A high level mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected in Sierra Leone on the 19th September, 2018 to finalize arrangement to restart the Extended Credit Facility Programme and other programmes that were put on holed in 2017. The mission is coming following series of the engagement they…
Ministry of Finance has concluded a three days leadership retreat on strategic Planning and restructuring. The retreat targets senior staff of the ministry, officials of National Revenue Authority (NRA) and officials of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development. Giving the background of the retreat the Minister of Finance Jacob…