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By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone - In an interview with BBC, the Head of State told that, he will ponder all druthers in a motion to lessen the cost of fuel prices after the fuel subsidy was removed. “All options are available to us as a country. East Africa would be a good option but Kenya is what we are going to be focusing on,” Ruto stated. “The strategy we have is to ensure that we work with the market forces on how we can have a government-to government relationship that will get us fuel at probably Ksh 20 to Ksh 25% inexpensive than in the market,” he strengthened. Ruto accentuated that, despite the high fuel prices flirted with by the termination of the subsidy, he had seized advantage of the loopholes that enabled space for...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone - The National Elections Watch (NEW) Marcela Samba Sesay has exhorted on the public to accept and understanding the current abnormalities experienced in the incessant voter registration process, remarking that, they will engage the Electoral Commission Sierra Leone (ECSL) for timely action. “NEW encourages the public to exercise patience as we engage the ECSL and other stakeholders to address the current challenges with the registration equipment,” a press statement updating the public about their observation of the process reads in part. The ECSL last Saturday kicked off the voter registration process for eligible voters ahead of the June 2023 elections in Sierra Leone. Nonetheless, the first week of the...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone - Akinola George Taylor, will be supervising all Heritage’s banking operations across Nigeria. And will bogart from Dr. Ifie Sekibo who fulfilled a ten (10) years term at the bank. Being a competent banker with over two decades working in the banking and financial services sector, Akinola George-Taylor has an illustrated track record in managing multi-billion Naira operations. He commenced his banking career in 1993 with GTBank where George -Taylor rose to the position of Executive Director in charge of Public Sector Group, Abuja & North Central. Whilst at the Bank, he has wielded several positions in different business sectors. He was again the Managing Director of GTBank in Sierra Leone between 2005 to...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone - The West Africa nation of Liberia is assembling to ratify all commercial framework documents with Cote d’Ivoire, which provides with the electricity, and TRANSCO CLSG. The administration of Liberia is toiling nearly with TRANSCO CLSG, development partners and Cote d’Ivoire to embark on criteria to restore the nation’s electricity infrastructure and enhance access to electricity for its community. Liberia has one of the poorest electricity access rates in the world. Less than 15% of the population in Monrovia has normal access to electricity and the situation is even more terrible in the rural areas. Liberia’s economy is harshly impeded by a scarcity of access to reliable and affordable electricity. This...