The Sierra Leone's president has sacked two of his ministers, one of whom has been indicted for corruption.
According to the BBC, Health Minister Sheku Tijan Koroma appeared in court on Wednesday charged with illegally awarding contracts.
He is the first minister to be charged with corruption since President Ernest Bai Koroma came to power two years ago. No reason was given for the dismissal of the other official, Leonard Balogun Koroma, who is minister in the vice-president's office.
Mr Koroma promised to crack down on corruption when he won elections in 2007
Correspondents say corruption is seen as one of the reasons for the outbreak of civil war in the country in the 1990s.
Comment: In the past one month, Corrupt Ministers have been sacked in Ghana, Liberia, Zambia and Kenya. As we have not heard of a sacked corrupt minsiter under President Yar'adua of Nigeria, Nigeria's minsiters must be whiter than white and his cabint the cleanest in the History of Nigeria, post-independence.
According to the BBC, Health Minister Sheku Tijan Koroma appeared in court on Wednesday charged with illegally awarding contracts.
He is the first minister to be charged with corruption since President Ernest Bai Koroma came to power two years ago. No reason was given for the dismissal of the other official, Leonard Balogun Koroma, who is minister in the vice-president's office.
Mr Koroma promised to crack down on corruption when he won elections in 2007
Correspondents say corruption is seen as one of the reasons for the outbreak of civil war in the country in the 1990s.
Comment: In the past one month, Corrupt Ministers have been sacked in Ghana, Liberia, Zambia and Kenya. As we have not heard of a sacked corrupt minsiter under President Yar'adua of Nigeria, Nigeria's minsiters must be whiter than white and his cabint the cleanest in the History of Nigeria, post-independence.
