Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) monitored the delivery and packing of a consignment of cartons of plumpy Nuts on the invitation of the District Health Management Team (DHMT) in Port Loko District, on 25 November 2025. The ACC team led by Director Zainab Othman in the North West region ensured that the exercise was done transparently sparking public interest.
In her keynote statement, Director Zainab Othman said the commission’s presence was to ensure the exercise was done without any irregularities. She said, in addition, that the presence of the Commission increased public confidence, and urged the DHMT in the Northwesternp district to uphold integrity and transparency in delivering service to the public at all times.
District Medical Officer (DMO) Dr. Yillah thanked the Commission for supporting the DHMT to observe transparency and accountability in managing critical health care supplies.
The therapeutic food items, according to the Management Team, would be followed by the next delivery of Free Health Care (FHC) drugs on a later date in December 2025
Monitoring the delivery and storage of essential drugs and medical commodities falls within the remit of the Commission to ensure that the Free Health Care program succeeds in meeting the needs of vulnerable citizens particularly in rural communities.
In another development on Thursday, 27th November 2025, the ACC team visited Saint Joseph Secondary and Ahmadiyya Muslim Secondary Schools in Lungi, Kaffu Bullom Chiefdom.
The purpose of the visit was to conduct engagements with the staffs and pupils of the schools on the dangers of corruption and the need to foster best practices within the administration of the institutions.
Director Othman expressed trust in the schools and urged them to perform their duties fair and square in consonance with the ethics of their profession. She announced that the Commission is determined, as it has always been, to see a transformation in the education sector in order to promote building the human capacity in the country.
She warned the principals of the schools to resist all forms of corruption including academic malpractices, and encouraged the teachers to commit to supporting the pupils to realise their academic goals.
ACC Principal Investigator (P.I.), Bernard Dixon and Senior Investigations Officer (SIO) Sheikh Sahid Sowa had both taken turns in explaining corruption offences related to the education sector as enshrined in the Anti-Corruption Act of 2008 (as amended in 2019).
Chaired by the Senior Public Education Officer Junisa Sankoh, the meetings with the schools ended with question-and-answer sessions and announcements of free ACC hotline to report corruption: 8515, 077985985, 077986986. Mr. Sankoh encouraged anonymous reporting without malice, and assured that reports made to the Commission are always treated with high confidentiality while guaranteeing witness protection
Also, the ACC team paid a courtesy call on Kaffu Bullom Paramount Chief, Bai Shegbora Shehgba Gbera III in an attempt to maintain a stronger partnership between traditional stakeholders in Port Loko District and the Commission, as the campaign against corruption requires concerted efforts at all levels of society to bolster quality public service delivery.
Receiving the team the PC affirmed his ever unflinching support to the fight against corruption in Sierra Leone. His Kaffu Bullom subjects, he averred, are more than resolved to embrace transparency and integrity, resist and report corruption at all times.
