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Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>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.<\/b><\/p>\n

It was clarified that their Deputy Director of Budget, Jacob Tenga Senessie, connived with the Principal Accountant at the Accountant General\u2019s Department, John Ellie, the Accounting Officer at the Sierra Leone Roads Authority, Emmanuel Smart, and other staff of the Accountant General\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The names of the staff that are involved in the alleged diversion of funds are as follows,Jacob Tenga Sessie \u2013 Deputy Director of Budget, MoF, Emmanuel Smart \u2013 Accounting Officer, SLRA, Starlyn Kemoh \u2013 Accountant, AGD, Ibrahim Bangura \u2013 Senior Accountant, AGD, John Ellie \u2013 Principal Accountant, AGD, Joseph Johnson \u2013 Accountant, AGD, Philip Yomba \u2013 Senior Accountant, AGD.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. 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. 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