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Welcome Message from the Commissioner

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Thank you for visiting our website.
Commissioner delivering a lecture at the Law SchoolOn 9th December 2007, I delivered a message on the occasion of the International Day against Corruption. In it, I observed that Sierra Leone was joining other nations in the world to mark the International Day against Corruption. That day is observed to recognize that we all have a personal responsibility to help end corruption. The theme of anti-corruption day 2007 was that your “NO” counts.

This website is another tool we all should use in the campaign to end corruption. It plans to provide a two-prong service. First, it acts as a Resource Centre for visitors to easily download materials about the Commission at any time of the day or night. It is also a vehicle through which the public can not only learn about the activities of the Commission, but members of the public can anonymously report corrupt practices without fear of reprisals if they are identified as the source of the incriminating information. The special reporting feature on the home page allows you to anonymously attach any documentary evidence you might wish to send us. Scanned images and word documents can be uploaded directly into our servers with your privacy preserved. We don’t need to know who you are unless you wish to identify yourself.

There can be no limitation to the fight against corruption. The vices of corruption cannot be underestimated. They are manifold and to combat them need all of us on board. Corruption undermines our economic development, it prevents us from achieving the Millennium Development Goals; it continues to keep us at the bottom of the Human Development Index; it makes poverty eradication a distant dream and sustainable development an illusion. It undermines democracy, breaks public trust, and leads to a brain drain. It kills trust in government, public institutions, and companies. Its effect is corrosive and it undercuts all the other achievements of government.

In short, corruption hurts everyone. But it affects the poor, vulnerable and marginalised even more than others. In the words of Kofi Annan, the former United Nations Secretary-General, "Corruption hurts the poor disproportionately by diverting funds intended for development, undermining a government's ability to provide basic services, feeding inequality and injustice, and discouraging foreign investment and aid".

The fight against corruption is tasking. It is titanic. The campaign against corruption must not be left to the Commission alone. It must be the responsibility of every person in Sierra Leone to end this menace. The fight against corruption begins with each and every one of us. We must start by saying “NO” to corruption. We must all play our part in ending the culture of dishonesty. We must have the courage to say “NO” when next we are offered a bribe. We must have the integrity to say “NO” when next someone solicits a bribe or asks us to launder money. Our individual actions may seem like small acts, but they all make a huge difference. Your “NO” counts. TAKE PRIDE, STOP BRIBE.

Please take your time to browse through all our pages and materials using the various navigational links. The Anti Corruption Commission of Sierra Leone is here for the benefit of all citizens and residents of Sierra Leone. Thank you for visiting and please do not hesitate to contact us at any time. Our physical and Internet doors are always open to you.

Abdul Tejan Cole
Commissioner.
E-mail: info@anticorruptionsl.org


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