No. 2 Appropriation Act 2025No. 2 Appropriation Act 20258

No. 2 Appropriation Act 2025No. 2 Appropriation Act 20258 Short title. No. 2 2025 Sierra Leone The Appropriation Act, 2025 Being an Act to authorise expenditure from the Consolidated Fund for the services of Sierra Leone for the year 2025 and for other related matters. ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled. [ ] WHEREAS it is necessary to make provision for the issue from the Consolidated Fund of sums of money necessary to meet the expenditure to carry on the services of the Government. Date of commencement. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE. GAZETTE NO. 3 OF 16TH JANUARY, 2025. Note 1. The amounts for Charged Emoluments, Gratuities and Other Retirement Benefits, and Contributions to Social Security are included in the provision for Salaries and Wages. Note 2. The Amount provided for Salaries and Wages is the provision for the Financial Year 2025 for all Ministries, Departments and Agencies, including Government's contribution to Social Security as Employer to the Social Security Scheme. Note 3. Contingency Fund (Allocated) which is 0.4% of Estimated Total Recurrent Revenue. ACT Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CLXVI, No 3 dated 16th January, 2025 Passed in Parliament this 20th day of December in the year of our Lord two thousand and Twenty Four. . PARAN UMAR TARAWALLY, Clerk of Parliament. THIS PRINTED IMPRESSION has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which has passed Parliament and found by me to be a true and correct printed copy of the said Bill. PARAN UMAR TARAWALLY, Clerk of Parliament. SIGNED this 8th day of January, 2025 . DR. JULIUS MAADA BIO, President. LS No. 2 Appropriation Act 2025No. 2 Appropriation Act 20252

This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation onthe 1st day of January, 2025.

The sum of twenty seven billion seven hundred and sixteenmillion three hundred and fifty seven thousand four hundred Leones shall be and is hereby granted to His Excellency the President for and during the year two thousand and twenty five to be applied and expended in the manner described and for the several services set forth in the Schedule.

The sum of twenty seven billion seven hundred and sixteenmillion three hundred and fifty seven thousand four hundred Leones referred to in section 2, shall be and is hereby declared to be charged upon and made payable from and out of the Consolidated Fund for the year two thousand and twenty five and the payment thereof shall be taken to begin on and immediately after the first day of January, two thousand and twenty five.

The Accountant-General is hereby authorised and requiredto pay out of the Consolidated Fund for the several services specified in the Schedule, such sums as may be specified in the Warrant or Order of the Minister of Finance, issued from time to time up to the sum of twenty seven billion seven hundred and sixteen million three hundred and fifty seven thousand four hundred Leones which shall come in course of payment during the year ending on the thirty-first day of December, two thousand and twenty five.

The amount from time to time paid for and in respect of theexpenditure authorised in section 4 shall not exceed in the gross the sum of twenty seven billion seven hundred and sixteen million three hundred and fifty seven thousand four hundred Leones from the first day of January, two thousand and twenty five inclusive, and any balances remaining unissued at the end of December, two thousand and twenty five shall lapse and not be available for making any payment in the following year. Commencement. NLe 27,716,357,400 granted for 2025. NLe 27,716,357,400 Charged on revenue. Accountant General's authority for payment. Excess of Expenditure. 424 0 1 Sierra Leone Petroleum Directorate 38,012,700 425 0 1 Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority 107,564,000 426 0 1 Sierra Leone Seed Certification Agency 3,480,400 427 0 1 National Fertilizer Regulatory Agency 3,366,800 428 0 1 National Investment Board 8,610,600 428 0 2 Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency 4,884,500 428 0 3 Corporate Affairs Commission 1,697,500 428 0 4 Public Private Partnership Unit 3,036,900 429 0 1 Sierra Leone Mines and Minerals Development Management Corp. (SLMMDMC) 50,000,000 430 0 1 Cargo Tracking Fees Transfers to Sierra Leone Ports Authority 255,698,700 509 0 1 Domestic Suppliers' Arrears 259,583,500 601 0 1 Public Debt Charges 9,317,961,800 610 0 1 Contingency Fund (S36 PFM Act 2016) 15,000,000 611 0 1 Special Warrants of the President (S38 PFM Act, 2016) 10,000,000 612 0 1 Unallocated Head of Expenditures (S39 PFM Act, 2016) 10,000,000 701 0 1 Local Government Administration Grants 29,163,800 701 0 2 Sensitisation on Fire Prevention Services 4,006,300 701 0 2 Devolved Function - Education Services 161,361,300 701 0 2 Devolved Function - Youth and Sports Services 9,686,400 701 0 2 Devolved Function - Solid Waste Management Services 12,830,200 701 0 2 Environment and Forestry 7,709,300 701 0 2 Devolved Function - Monthly Cleaning Services 10,188,000 701 0 2 Devolved Function - Agriculture and Food Security Services 47,093,900 701 0 2 Devolved Function - Rural Water Services 7,592,100 701 0 2 Devolved Function - Social Welfare Gender and Children's Affairs Services 10,777,400 701 0 2 Devolved Function - Health Care Services 38,747,200 701 0 2 Devolved Function - Fisheries and Marine Resources 4,947,900 Various Salaries and Wages (Notes 1 and 2) 7,626,683,100 Various Capital Transfers-Recapitalisation 1,258,785,600 Various Development Activities-Feed Salone 747,233,700 Various Development Activities-Human Capital Development 208,158,900 Various Development Activities-Youth Empowerment 19,600,000 Various Development Activities-Infrastructure Technology and Innovation 776,344,200 Various Development Activities-Revamping the Public Service Administration 5,000,000 Various Development Activities - Enablers to the Five Game Changers 437,662,800 TOTAL 27,716,357,400 Provided that the following vote heads have not been approved by Parliament 107. Provincial Secretary’s Nothern Province, Makeni (withheld) 135. Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (withheld) No. 2 Appropriation Act 2025No. 2 Appropriation Act 2025 3 101. 0 0 Charged Emoluments See Note 1 105. 0 1 Ministry of Public Administration and Political Affairs 6,271,300 105. 0 2 African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) 5,069,000 106. 0 1 Office of the Chief Minister 24,115,700 106. 0 2 Office of Presidential Infrastructure Initiative 1,500,000 106. 0 3 Governance Advisory Unit 752,700 106. 0 4 Delivery and Performance Tracking 1,131,600 107. 0 1 Ministry of Local Government & Community Affairs 13,361,300 107. 0 2 Southern Province, Bo 4,630,500 107. 0 3 Eastern Province, Kenema 4,234,400 107. 0 4 Northern Province, Makeni 4,573,900 107. 0 5 North-West Province, Port Loko 4,008,100 108. 0 1 Sierra Leone Small Arms Commission 3,563,300 109. 0 1 Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion 6,960,700 110. 0 1 Office of the Secretary to the President 79,435,800 110. 0 2 Office of the Chief of Staff 4,328,500 110. 0 3 National Assets and Government Property Commission 2,007,500 110. 0 4 Anti-Corruption Commission 13,607,800 110. 0 5 Office of the Ombudsman 3,526,900 110. 0 6 Independent Media Commission 2,580,700 110. 0 7 Political Parties Registration Commission 6,144,100 110. 0 8 Law Reform Commission 2,299,700 110. 0 8 Sierra Leone Insurance Commission 2,784,700 110. 1 0 Local Government Service Commission 2,473,800 110. 1 1 Public Sector Reform Unit 3,992,400 110. 1 2 National Monitoring and Evaluation Agency 5,069,400 110. 1 3 Presidential Initiative for Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Food Security 15,955,800 112. 0 1 Office of the Vice President 15,290,300 112. 0 2 Scaling Up Nutrition 5,000,000 112. 0 3 Millennium Challenge Compact Secretariat 1,584,300 112. 0 4 Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative Secretariat 2,500,000 112. 0 5 National Early Warning and Responses Mechanism Center 6,894,900 116. 0 1 Parliament 83,823,100 117. 0 1 Cabinet Secretariat 6,400,000 118. 0 1 The Judiciary 30,000,000 121. 0 1 Audit Service Sierra Leone 16,145,500 122. 0 1 Human Resource Management Office 5,092,400 123. 0 1 Public Service Commission 4,210,700 124. 0 1 Office of the Solicitor-General 17,879,600 124. 0 2 Administrator and Registrar-General 7,431,900 124. 0 3 Justice Sector Coordination Office 3,263,300 124. 0 4 Sierra Leone Law School 1,558,000 124. 0 5 Legal Aid Board 8,200,000 125. 0 1 Local Courts 979,000 317. 0 1 Sierra Leone Council for Post Graduate College of Health Specialities 3,281,700 318. 0 1 Ministry of Environment and Climate Change 9,696,300 319. 0 1 Ministry of Gender and Children's Affairs 3,734,400 319. 0 2 National Children's Commission 3,126,400 320. 0 1 National Sports Authority 71,714,800 321. 0 1 Student's Loan Scheme Secretariat 10,336,500 322. 0 1 National Land Commission of Sierra Leone 4,526,500 323. 0 1 National Public Health Agency 9,000,000 341. 0 1 Pensions, Gratuities and Other Retirement Benefits See Note 1 342. 0 1 Contributions to Social Security See Note 2 345. 0 1 Pharmacy Board Services 6,658,200 346. 0 1 Allied Health Professions Council 500,000 401. 0 1 Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security 95,334,900 402. 0 1 Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources 23,756,300 403. 0 1 Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources 6,472,500 403. 0 2 National Minerals Agency 4,215,900 404. 0 1 Ministry of Transport and Aviation 60,586,100 405. 0 1 Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs-National Tourist Board 6,110,800 405. 0 2 Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs-Monuments and Relics Commission 3,394,900 405. 0 3 Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs-National and Railway Museums 1,923,800 406. 0 1 Ministry of Energy 880,966,000 407. 0 1 Ministry of Labour and Social Security 15,026,300 408. 0 1 Ministry of Works, Housing and Infrastructure 37,913,800 409. 0 1 Ministry of Trade and Industry 9,958,700 409. 0 2 Sierra Leone Standards Bureau 3,866,000 409. 0 3 Department of Co-operatives 2,058,000 409. 0 4 Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Company 1,131,600 409 0 5 Sierra Leone Produce Monitoring Board 3,421,200 409 0 6 Consumer Protection Commission 2,905,300 410 0 1 National Protected Area Authority 5,500,000 411 0 1 Road Maintenance Fund 249,087,100 412 0 1 National Telecommunications Authority 322,950,800 413 0 1 Sierra Leone Electricity and Water Regulatory Commission 1,358,000 414 0 1 Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation 19,464,200 415 0 1 Sierra Leone Maritime Administration 106,898,200 416 0 1 Civil Aviation Authority 107,148,300 417 0 1 Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority 7,092,400 418 0 1 Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute 10,031,900 419 0 1 Local Content Agency 3,621,200 420 0 1 Sierra Leone Environment Protection Agency 100,786,300 421 0 1 Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDA) 4,150,100 422 0 1 Sierra Leone Meteorological Agency 5,963,300 423 0 1 Sierra Leone Petroleum Regulation Agency 70,264,900 No. 2 Appropriation Act 2025No. 2 Appropriation Act 2025 126. 0 1 Independent Police Complaints Board 1,584,300 127. 0 1 Ministry of Planning and Economic Development 15,777,100 128. 0 1 Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Co-operation 83,986,000 128. 0 2 High Commission, London 6,674,500 128. 0 3 U.N. Delegation 11,916,500 128. 0 4 High Commission, Abuja 5,717,600 128. 0 5 Embassy, Monrovia 5,256,800 128. 0 6 Embassy, Conakry 5,048,000 128. 0 7 Embassy, Washington DC 6,056,800 128. 0 8 Embassy, Moscow 5,578,400 128. 0 9 Embassy, Addis Ababa 5,917,600 128. 1 0 Embassy, Beijing 5,778,400 128. 1 1 High Commission, Banjul 4,748,000 128. 1 2 Embassy, Brussels 5,517,600 128. 1 3 Embassy, Riyadh 5,778,400 128. 1 4 Embassy, Berlin 5,841,000 128. 1 5 Embassy, Tehran 5,502,400 128. 1 6 High Commission, Accra 5,656,800 128. 1 7 Embassy, Cairo 5,778,400 128. 1 8 Embassy, Dakar 5,363,200 128. 1 9 Embassy, Nairobi 5,378,400 128. 2 0 Embassy, Dubai 5,369,300 128. 2 1 Embassy, Kuwait 5,878,400 128. 2 2 Sierra Leone Mission, Geneva 5,556,800 128. 2 3 Embassy, Seoul 5,263,200 128. 2 4 Embassy, Ankara 5,791,000 128. 2 5 Embassy, Rabat 4,664,500 128. 2 6 Embassy, Algiers 3,000,000 128. 2 7 Sierra Leone Mission, Islamic Military Counter Terrorism, Saudi Arabia 3,158,100 128. 2 8 Embassy, Doha 3,000,000 128. 2 9 UNESCO Representation 2,144,300 129. 0 1 Ministry of Finance 137,301,100 130. 0 1 National Revenue Authority 425,647,000 131. 0 1 Revenue Appellate Board 1,631,600 132. 0 1 Accountant-General's Department 29,849,100 133. 0 1 Ministry of Information and Civic Education 6,436,000 133. 0 2 Outreach Coordination Unit 1,543,200 133. 0 3 National Council for Civic Education and Development 3,029,100 133. 0 4 Sierra Leone News Agency 800,000 134. 0 1 Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) 97,000,000 135. 0 1 Ministry of Communication, Technology and Innovation 4,500,000 135. 0 2 Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation 3,960,700 135. 0 3 Felei Tech City 500,000 137. 0 1 National Commission For Democracy 3,847,600 138. 0 1 Statistics - Sierra Leone 7,921,500 139. 0 1 National Commission for Privatisation 2,602,800 140. 0 1 Mass Media Services 4,926,500 141. 0 1 Government Printing Department 4,073,900 142. 0 1 National Public Procurement Authority 8,063,500 143. 0 1 Justice and Legal Service Commission 1,065,800 144. 0 1 Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone 4,994,900 145. 0 1 Rights to Access Information Commission 4,029,100 146. 0 1 Ministry of Western Region 2,963,300 201. 0 1 Ministry of Defence 340,435,300 203. 0 1 National Civil Registration Authority 15,084,500 205. 0 1 Ministry of Internal Affairs 4,460,700 206. 0 1 Sierra Leone Police 300,806,800 207. 0 1 Sierra Leone Correctional Services 148,483,600 208. 0 1 National Fire Authority 12,808,300 209. 0 1 Central Intelligence & Security Unit 15,811,300 210. 0 1 Office of National Security 14,474,600 211. 0 1 Immigration Department 4,939,900 212. 0 1 National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency 2,075,100 213. 0 1 National Disaster Management Agency 11,423,500 214. 0 1 National Cybersecurity Coordination Centre 3,631,600 215. 0 1 Office of the Chief Medical Examiner 679,000 300. 0 1 Ministry of Technical and Higher Education 47,237,100 300. 0 2 Grants to Tertiary Institutions 136,989,000 300. 0 3 Tertiary Education Commission 6,789,800 301. 0 1 Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education 1,105,971,000 302. 0 1 Ministry of Sports 5,799,800 303. 0 1 Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs 11,196,300 304. 0 1 Ministry of Health 131,692,700 305. 0 1 Ministry of Social Welfare 17,871,400 305. 0 2 National Commission for Persons with Disability 3,168,600 305. 0 3 National Taskforce on Human Trafficking Secretariat 2,000,000 306. 0 1 Ministry of Lands and Country Planning 7,300,200 307. 0 1 National Medical Supplies Agency 64,355,800 308. 0 1 National Commission for Social Action 8,640,800 309. 0 1 Dental and Medical Board 974,600 310. 0 1 Ministry of Youth Affairs 4,177,100 310. 0 2 National Youth Commission 6,455,500 311. 0 1 Health Service Commission 6,526,500 312. 0 1 Teaching Service Commission 4,960,700 313. 0 1 National Youth Service 3,394,900 314. 0 1 National HIV and AIDS Commission 2,829,100 315. 0 1 Teaching Hospitals Complex Administration 2,602,800 316. 0 1 Civil Service Training College 1,905,300 4 5