The Sierra Leone Local Content Agency on the 3rd March, 2026 signs agreement of compliance with the CTC mining company and the first Sierra Leonean company, Roy Global limited to forester compliance on the full implementation of local content policies as enshrined in their local content plan at the agency’s conference hall.
In his opening statement, the Director-General, Mr. Fodeba Daboh stated that this ceremony is a statutory obligation as indicated in section 58 (1) of the local content Act 2016 to integrate local citizens in to the workforce. This signing represents a critical step in operationalizing the Local Content Act in the mining sector and that this agreement formalizes their commitments to enable inclusive and sustainable compliance to the Local Content provisions within their operations across key sectors such as workforce development, procurement, technology transfer and the broader economic contributions of our indigenes in Sierra Leone. He reiterated the fact that the agency wants to enhance a local content economy and this cannot be achieved if it fails to urge the companies to plug our locals into their operations.
The DG further reiterated that the purpose of this agreement is to ensure that the mining companies integrate Sierra Leonean talents, businesses and institutions into their value chains in a meaningful and progressive manner that would enhance national economic development. We are very intentional to ensure that mega contracts are not awarded to foreign vendors but our local vendors; qualified, trained and capacitated Sierra Leoneans should be giving first considerations when it comes to employment, capacity development, award of contracts and procurements, he said. This agreement also provides a structural framework for planning, implementing and reporting on our local content obligations and that it aligns with the company’s initiatives to national priorities, the agreement also will establish a monitoring and enforceable road map to promote transparency and measureable outcomes to the provisions of the local content Act. The importance of this agreement also stressed the need for workforce integration, increase employment and skills development opportunities and the gradual localization of technical, managerial roles within the mining operations of Sierra Leone. Procurement and supplier development fosters growth and competitiveness of Sierra Leoneans suppliers and local content is about our businesses and products, and that if Sierra Leoneans have the capacity to deliver on those areas, the mining companies must give them first consideration and not also forgetting to invest in technology competence of the locals as enshrine their local content plans. This agreement also contributes to broad base economic development through social investments, institutional supports and measureable local value chain creation and it’s a demonstration of mutual accountability and shared commitment to ensure that FDI results in to tangibles and lasting benefit for the people of Sierra Leone.
On the part of the CTC mining company, the Director of Corporate Affairs Dr. David Koroma, said they are committed to fulfilling all what they have included in to their local content plans and said 97% of employees of CTC mining company are Sierra Leoneans and this cut across from top management to unskilled workers and they will continue to do more. On the other hand, the first 100% local content company, Roy Global company limited engaged in drilling plastics in Sierra Leone, represented by the CEO, Mr. Roy Yusif Kargbo also made commitment to local content implementations and he called on the DG to foster the participation of more local businesses and local employment as they are the first Sierra Leonean company venturing into that with employment of 98% local indigenes in their operations giving more opportunities to Sierra Leoneans in terms of skills transfer, capacity building, procurement opportunities to other Sierra Leoneans to foster economic development. He said their aim is to ensure 100% zero foreign national in to their operations and that the presence of foreign national is to ensure transfer of skills and trainings to our locals, referencing their Operations Manager of the company currently receiving international training that would add additional value to the operations of the company which has achieved international standards noting that they are even doing better than other international companies operating in the country.
In order to enhance the companies right to operate fully in the country as enshrined in the Act, the Director-General of the Agency, issued them a local content certificate of operations valid for three years and that they can now operate freely without fear, but encouraged them to submit their local content quarterly report to the agency as this will lead to upcoming monitoring of the company to confirm their provisions versus actual implementation of the local content in their operations.
Concluding, the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, Mr. Daniel Fornah encouraged these companies to comply with the provisions of the Act and their local content plans and urged them to submit their local content quarterly report that will align with the provisions indicated in their local content plan submitted to the agency, noting that the agency shall have to confirm what they provided in their plans as against their quarterly reports.
