The United States Ambassador in Sierra Leone has urged close collaboration in the implementation of US-funded projects aimed at boosting the country’s energy and water sector. Ambassador John Hoover made the appeal at a landmark signing ceremony on Tuesday in Freetown.
Sierra Leone won $44.4m as part of the Millennium Challenge Corporation Threshold programme after been selected last December.
The money will be used to fund reforms in institutions and policy in the targeted sectors.
The agreement, which entails that the project implementation will last for four years, was signed by a representative each from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Millennium Challenge Coordinating Unit (MCCU) at the Office of the President of Sierra Leone.
The MCC is a US government agency that provides development aids to developing countries who meet specific criteria aimed at promoting democracy and good governance.
It`s been a long road. It has taken several years to get to where we are today, US Ambassador John Hoover said at the ceremony held at the Credentials Hall at State House in Freetown.
Sierra Leone was first selected in January 2013 as eligible for the Compact programme, which constitutes the largest grants in the MCC`s programmes.
But the following December it was suspended for failing to pass on key indicators “ including corruption.
In December 2014, the country was again selected but this time for the Threshold programme which attracts a lesser amount of money than the Compact.
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