1. ANTI - CORRUPTION COMMISSION CATHEDRAL HOUSE 3 GLOUCESTER STREET FREETOWN SIERRA LEONE WEST AFRICA 1 2th February, 2019 PRESS RELEASE FORMER NASSIT RESIDENT ENGINEER PAYS ANOTHER 100M LEONES AS PART OF A 500M SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT PLAN The Anti - Corruption Commission (ACC) wishes to inform the general public that Mr. Franklyn Gerald O. Coker , the former Resident Engineer of the National Social Security and Insurance Trust (NASSIT) , who had entered into a settlement agreement with the Commission, to pay back the sum of Five Hundred Million Leones (Le500,000,000 . 00) to the S tate, has paid another tranche of One Hundred Million Leones ( Le 100 , 000,000. 00 ) . Last December, Mr. Franklyn Gerald O. Coker made a n advance payment of One Hundred Million Leones(Le 100,0 00,000.00) , as settlement , in respect of investigations into funds meant for the NASSIT Sisimi Project. I n addition to this initial payment , Mr . Coker has now accordingly made an other One Hundred Million Leones ( Le 100,000,000. 00 ) in line with his agreeme nt with the ACC . Mr. Coker has made a total of Two Hundred Million Leone s(Le 200,000,000.00) payment , leaving him with a balance of Three Hundred Million Leones (Le300,000,000.00) ; which he is to p ay within the next eight months. The p ublic should note th at w ithin the past seven months, t he ACC has recovered over Nine Billion Leones (Le 9,000,000,000.00 ) ; part of which it has accordingly paid back into the Consolidated Revenue Fund . In this respect, t he Commission wishe s to further reiterate to the general public that it shall not relent in ensuring that public funds are protected, and where necessary, recovered. For further enquiries, please contact Margaret Murray , Public Relations Officer, on Tel: +232 25 428081. --------------- ------------------------- ------ PATRICK SANDI DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH