Procurement Irregularities Exposed At SLCB!!! …Under The Watch Of MD Yusuf Abdul Silla

By Aruna Momoh Kargbo
The recently published Audit Report which looks into the account of Sierra Leone revealed that one of the Government own banks, the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB) did things contrary to the books.
The pitfalls or irregularities as captured by the protector of the Sierra Leone public purse, Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) maintained that the SLCB under the watch of Yusuf Abdul Silla as Managing Director failed to follow required procurement regulations for 2024 calendars and diaries for a contract sum of NLe832,219.25.
The audit stated that a review of the procurement documents, revealed as follows:
Payment slips and bid purchase register were not sighted in the file during the review.
During our review we observed that bid security submitted by the bidders were not sighted in file during the review despite them being deemed responsive in the evaluation report.
Individual evaluation sheets completed by the five members of the evaluation committee were not sighted in the file during the review.
Bidding documents submitted by the various bidders were not sighted in the file.
Minutes of the bid opening report was also not sighted in file.
Supplier acceptance letter and signed contract document was also not sighted.
Copy of the supplier advance payment guarantee and performance bond was also not sighted.
Copy of the supplier delivery note and invoice was also not sighted.
Copy of the goods receive note was also not sighted and that the name of the supplier was not captured in the approved supplier database.