The Acting Accountant General Kebbe Kouroma has reacted strongly to allegations carried in an article of the We Yone published past Monday in which it was alleged that he is undermining the revenue collection effort of local councils by refusing to ensure that civil servants have their local tax deducted from source. He also said that government account is everybody's concern and that the public should pay attention to yearly audited reports.

"The office of the Accountant General is responsible to manage government's account and not to collect local tax", the Acting Director General explained, rebuffing insinuations in the said article titled "Accountant General Undermines Revenue Collection Drive", claiming that the office of the Accountant General should have collected local tax from civil servants from source on behalf of local councils.

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The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Haja Afsatu Kabbah together with her Deputy and other officials within her Ministry have held a meeting with various stakeholders of the fisheries industry on Tuesday 28th July 2009 at the Ministry's conference room, Brookfields Hotel Freetown.

In her statement, the Minister disclosed that this is their first meeting with various stakeholders since they assumed office, four months now. She said that the main trust of the meeting is the up date stakeholders in the industry of the positive strives the Ministry is taking towards the development of the industry and to discuss the way forward with the views of actualizing H.E. Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma's dream of Agenda for Change and to discuss pertinent issues geared towards the development of our country Sierra Leone.