The Manager of the Sierra Leone State Lottery Company has told the parliamentary committee on trade and industry that “business has been very bad for the betting and gambling state enterprise, leading to Le8billion loss in 2012 alone”.
Responding to questions, the company’s executive director, Charles Kamara said the company “is surviving on what it’s making on a daily basis”, as they were not getting any funding from government to run it.
By Mustapha Sesay
The newly-elected chairman of Sweizy Jewelers’ Association, Alphonso Charles Blake has promised to open and establish a business center in the name of the association to improve the financial base of the association.
Chairman Blake, as he is fondly called, made this promise in an interview with Politico shortly after his victory rally along Siaka Stevens and Howe streets in Freetown. He said he would work with his opponent to develop the association and improve on the well-being of its members.
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
The Public Relations Officer of the University of Sierra Leone, Lola Aforo, has disclosed to Politico that the annual congregation would be held in December this year. She said the change in the University’s calendar which had pushed the congregation out of its traditional date was due to strike actions by academic staff and students.
The Institute of Advance Management and Technology (IAMTECT) last Friday launched their Human Resource Management Students’ Association (HUREMSA) and opened a canteen to serve the students.
Speaking on the theme for the launch: “The role of HRM in the socio-economic development of Sierra Leone” the principal of the school Abi Paula-Kamara said the association has started on a good footing and argued that the institution’s new program is not available in any other tertiary institution.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
