By Alusine Fullah
The Ministry of Finance in Sierra Leone has successfully transferred a substantial grant amounting to Nle1, 638,000 (One Million, Six Hundred and Thirty Eight Million Leones) to the administrative bank account of the West African Regional Development Council (WARDC).
This is to inform the general public that the Government of Sierra Leone, through the Ministry of Finance has transferred grant totaling NLe 1, 638, 000 (one million six hundred and thirty-eight millions Leones) into the Council Administrative Bank Account held at the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank Waterloo.
According to the Public Notice this grant is to finance budgeted activities of devolved sectors and the Council Administration for the first quarter of Finance Year 2023. In line with the instructions from the Ministry of Finance, the council has remitted the under mentioned allocations into the respective sector bank accounts as follow:
| Sector | Amount |
| Education | 236,000 |
| Library | 56,000 |
| Agriculture | 67,000 |
| environment | 37,000 |
| Primary Health | 282,000 |
| Primary Health Cash to PHU Facilities | 59,000 |
| Rural Water | 81,000 |
| Social Welfare | 63,000 |
| Youths | 58,000 |
| Sports | 58,000 |
| Gender | 99,000 |
| Fire Prevention | 16,000 |
| Marine Resources | 22,000 |
| Unconditional Block Grant | 441,000 |
| Support to Ward Committees | 63,000 |
Heads of devolved sectors have been informed and are expected to facilitate the implementation of service delivery activities in the district as provided in their approved FY 2023 Annual Work Plan.
