The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has presented its 2025 Annual Report to President Julius Maada Bio at State House.
Commissioner Francis Ben Kaifala handed over the report in a short ceremony with senior officials present. He told the President about the Commission’s main work last year. This included fully rolling out the National Anti-Corruption Strategy that runs from 2024 to 2028.
Kaifala also spoke about action taken against public officers who did not declare their assets for 2024. A total of 1,541 officers were punished for failing to comply. That push helped raise the overall compliance rate to a record 99.54 percent. Nearly every public officer who was supposed to declare did so.
On court cases, the Commission finished 13 corruption matters at the High Court. Twelve of them ended in convictions – a 92 percent success rate. Money recovered from corruption cases came to NLe23,556,597. People who were convicted also paid back NLe1,394,491 and paid fines of NLe1,460,000.
Sierra Leone also kept improving on international rankings. The country posted its eighth straight strong year on the Millennium Challenge Corporation scorecard. On Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, Sierra Leone moved up from 114th place in 2024 to 109th in 2025.
President Bio congratulated Kaifala, the management and the whole ACC staff for their efforts to keep people accountable.
He repeated that the Government will keep supporting the Commission and other watchdog bodies so they can do their jobs properly.
Deputy Commissioner Augustine Foday Ngobie explained that handing over the report is required by law under Section 19(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act. The report covers the full work of the Commission’s different departments for the year.
The presentation is part of the ACC’s regular updates to the President on the fight against corruption and the push for greater honesty in public life.
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