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On Thursday 12^th June 2008, I received response from ACC stating that ACC does not have power to investigate forgery under the ACC Act 2000. I have therefore listed some of the most common offences that might be concealed through the act of forgery. Forgery in most cases will lead to no audit trail and ACC will not achieve its objectives without proper fraud/forgery investigation and prosecuting powers.

Who Will HaveThought That....?Bra Olu Will Succumb....IJ Will Triumph

OPINION > One Thing & Another
Posted by Joe Sawan on May 13, 2008, 20:28

The rate at which things are progressing in Sierra Leone is absolutely incredible. Today�s conformists were yesterday�s non-conformists. Last years political spectators are now in the forefront of political activism. In light of the above observation, this writer has raised the rhetorical, who would have thought that, poser?

Attitude Change: New West African Crusade

OPINION > One Thing & Another
Posted by Kofi Akosah-Sarpong on May 9, 2008, 08:28

Starting from Sierra Leone, since this year, there has been campaigns West Africa-wide for attitude change as a progress measure. Anybody who knows West Africa well, as Kwasi Gyan-Apeteng, a former editor of the prestigious London, UK-based West Africa magazine (now defunct) and currently member of Ghana�s National Commission of Culture, will tell you, �we are poor because we lack the right attitude

Time For Atonement On The Biriwa Chieftaincy And Similar Quagmires

OPINION > One Thing & Another
Posted by Alie Formeh Kamara on May 9, 2008, 01:45
Nine months have past since the SLPP government of ex-president Kabbah was relieved of the seat of power, but some of the capricious acts committed under that regime remained needs to be cured in the society. Some have threatened the peace and stability as well as the thriving democratic system. The APC government of his Excellency Ernest Koroma inherited a society marred with a lot of negative baggage. But as promised, His Excellency Ernest Koroma has long begun work on a number of vital national economic and political reforms

Lessons To Learn From The Past: The Politics of Compensation�The SLPP Scenario

OPINION > One Thing & Another
Posted by I.B.M. Kamara on Mar 4, 2008, 03:07
It is no longer an African political secret that many men have, many a time, dedicated all they stand for just to achieve victory in and at elections. In the Sierra Leonean context, the country and its people have made history. Though Brigadier Bio said at the handing over ceremony that they �handed over power not due to any pressure

Beautiful Work For Mr. Inspector General

OPINION > One Thing & Another
Posted by on Jan 25, 2008, 14:49
Truly, it was not an academic exercise, but a fight put up by an amateur newspaper hustler on behalf of the country�s police chief after his palm had been greased. Tommy Koromba, the acting editor of the Spectator Newspaper, a medium whose focus has always been to provide shelter for corrupt government officials is now in the journalism market ready to be bought by high

Assets Declaration! Mr. President Must Take The Lead

OPINION > One Thing & Another
Posted by on Jan 22, 2008, 18:30

Political statements by politicians, leaders and presidents are considered as commitment and point of reference in making a thorough assessment of these people. A politician is as good as his words and as good as his performance. Although, Hegel, a political Philosopher once said that there is no morality in politics, that doesn�t mean a politician should not keep to his promises.

Governance And The New National Power Authority Management

OPINION > One Thing & Another
Posted by on Jan 16, 2008, 05:24

In the euphoria that attended the arrival of the generating sets during the Xmas week, sounding a note of caution may easily has been construed as negative or indeed unpatriotic. However, in a fledgling democracy like ours such caution should not just be dismissed lightly but should be welcomed, looked into and properly

Good Night Puawi, Sleep Well!

OPINION > One Thing & Another
Posted by Sahr Yamba on Dec 5, 2007, 00:20

As I sit behind my keyboard writing this piece, I am laughing, giggling, choking and almost throwing up. Reminiscing, �We told them�� We told them�!You may want to ask why the laughing and all that.Well, I read, though not in disbelief, the �belated� piece of Dr. Sama �Puawi� Banya on the Awareness Times online publication

ACCOUNTABILITY��..the Lubricant for a Moving Vehicle of Democracy

OPINION > One Thing & Another
Posted by Teddy Foday-Musa on Oct 8, 2007, 08:53

Democracy is like a vehicle that moves a certain state forward for the development of her citizenry. Government Officials are regarded as the engineers in charge of tightening up the bolts and nuts of that democratic vehicle for a good ride. Accountability should be the lubricant in order to up keep the engine of such a vehicle so as to avoid a disastrous mechanical failure.

Seven Days In Office...President Koroma Has Sealed His Presidency

OPINION > One Thing & Another
Posted by Sheka Tarawalie on Sep 27, 2007, 21:18

A week in politics, the old clich� says, is a very long time. But the rapidity with which events have taken place in the first week of Ernest Koroma�s presidency in Sierra Leone leaves one with a sense of admiration for the 54-year-old. Of course the critics think the opposite. Just now, Koroma has been slain for making a trip abroad while there were reports of tensions and/or attacks purportedly against SLPP members

Victory For The People Of Sierra Leone

OPINION > One Thing & Another
Posted by J.F. KAMARA on Aug 23, 2007, 03:20
The elections in Sierra Leone have been won by the people. The message is still not loud enough for all and sundry to hear and understand. The voters do not hate the SLPP, nor particularly love the APC, and not quite comfortable with the PMDC either. The choice of the people has been a yearning for regime change. In their judgment by the ballot box

Sierra Leone Must Choose The Path For Change or Languish in Continuety

OPINION > One Thing & Another
Posted by Yankuba G. Kai-Samba on Jul 4, 2007, 16:59
For several decades, I have watched our country being grossly misruled by different shades of Governments. There are common trends between the previous failed governments and the current SLPP led governments of president Kabba. They have all been corrupt and failed to tackle corruption.

SLPP Out...Pujehun District Will Go PMDC

OPINION > One Thing & Another
Posted by Ahmed Nababay on Dec 30, 2006, 17:20

Margai...will take Pujehun?

After the 28th July 2007 elections I wonder how many would be interested in hearing the name President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. This has to be so largely because of the way he has and continues to conduct the affairs of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), especially in Pujehun district which traditionally gives the party its biggest support.
Logically speaking,Pujehun district is one of the districts that made President Kabbah,which was exemplified in the overwhelming support he enjoyed from that poor district.

Religion and the state

OPINION > One Thing & Another
Posted by Philip Neville on Oct 28, 2006, 03:36
One of the good sides about Sierra Leone as a nation since independence to date and probably prior to colonial rule, is there has been no written or oral history about religious persecution among and between religious bodies.
The founding or discovery of this part of the globe by a Portuguese sailor by the name of Pedro Da Cintra gave no account of religious conflict.Instead thesailor described the beautiful scenery that was presented to him by nature. He conceived the notion of a lion shape as perceived,which is the result of the natural formation of the topography of the land that bears the shape of a lion.

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