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The Ministry of Finance has on the 12th January 2024 confirmed that some staff at the Ministry have been involved into an alleged diversion of public Funds into a fictitious account opened at the Kabala Community Bank.
It was clarified that their Deputy Director of Budget, Jacob Tenga Senessie, connived with the Principal Accountant at the Accountant General’s Department, John Ellie, the Accounting Officer at the Sierra Leone Roads Authority, Emmanuel Smart, and other staff of the Accountant General’s Department to allegedly divert 5 Billion Old Leones ($270,000) to a fictitious account at the Kabala Community Bank as payments to Edward Davies and Associates for work done on the construction of the Kenema-Pendembu Road.
The Anti-Corruption Commission has also confirmed that all seven of them are in their custody for further investigation and the outcome soon to be communicated.
The names of the staff that are involved in the alleged diversion of funds are as follows,Jacob Tenga Sessie – Deputy Director of Budget, MoF, Emmanuel Smart – Accounting Officer, SLRA, Starlyn Kemoh – Accountant, AGD, Ibrahim Bangura – Senior Accountant, AGD, John Ellie – Principal Accountant, AGD, Joseph Johnson – Accountant, AGD, Philip Yomba – Senior Accountant, AGD.
Corruption is a war that we need to fight and win the battle this is what president bio said
Why really some Sierra leoneans hate this country, money meant for the public and just seven of them turned it to their personal property so they can live in luxury mansions. God will continue to punish them and their families
What will come next after the investigation is done? The public want to hear good news from the government side, our eyes are watching.
For those in the opposition who had been crying foul (political witch hunt) when being investigated by ACC and the likes for corruption, what are they going to call this?
this is good news for the nation, let the law of the land take it’s course.
Well done. This Government is no nonsense government. Wai you eat wotin nor to for you. You go put am dae back.
May God almighty bless our nation, sierra leone. This is what I can say, call spade , a spade. Government staffs, let the law of sierra leone deal with it. They themselves knew about the law. ACC deal with it. Speak the truth. God bless.