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The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) has at its recent handover ceremony held at the Bintumani Conference Hall awarded the National Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NPRA) for its continued excellent service delivery in the Downstream Petroleum Sector in the last six years.
Presenting the distinctive award to the management and staff of NPRA on behalf of the new leadership at SLAJ, Abu Bakar Kargbo ( Fadda Bakish), a very senior and experienced journalist of SLAJ, lauded the Director General and his team for their excellent service delivery and the unprecedented reforms they are implementing in a very critical and volatile industry, noting that the new leadership of SLAJ is equally open to NPRA and other MDAs for constructive engagement that will bolster the Media Landscape in the country.
Speaking on behalf of the Authority, the Director General of the National Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NPRA), Brima Baluwa Koroma, expressed excitements about the strategic recognition from the Sierra Leone’s Association of Journalists (SLAJ) on the successive deliverables of the Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA) formerly and the new mandates with enormous power under the Authority.
The Director General said with utmost seriousness that the award is very much timely and it serves as a means to motivate and redouble the Authority’s efforts under the new mandates, which is the central policy enshrined in the new NPRA Act of 2025.
“This excellence service delivery award is dedicated to His Excellency, Retired Brigadier President Julius Maada Bio, the Government of Sierra Leone, and the entire management and staff of the NPRA.’’ DG Koroma said.
He further stated that the policies of this government are what the market is positively responding to, and with the continued support from the presidency and the Government of Sierra Leone, my team will continue to stabilize and cushion the perennial problems within the industry. I am very much grateful to journalists, bloggers, and CSOs for their sustained commitment and unwavering support while transitioning from PRA to NPRA.
I’m appealing to every journalist across the country to embark on Development Journalism, which is very healthy for national interest,” Baluwa Koroma appealed.
