FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Sierra Leone’s anti-corruption commission has declared that three senior government officials and two special assistants have been fired for allegedly selling government funds intended to assist poor people to make the pilgrimage to Mecca. Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has invited about 300 of those affected to his official residence. The anti-corruption commission said that there was a misappropriation of the funds. The government officials, one who is a dual U.S. and Sierra Leone citizen, have been fired and ordered to return home to be investigated. The Hajj Committee was meant to lead some 800 people to Mecca.

Source: National Post September 04, 2017 16:41 UTC