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Photo : Mr. John Sumailah, Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service (SCHoCS) – (Left) hand-shake  with His Excellency, the President, (Rtd.) Brigadier General, Julius Maada Bio, Fountain of Honour , Grand Commander of the Order of the Rokel (GCOOR) and Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces –( Right). (H.E. and SC&HoCS hand-shake after taken and subscribed the oath of office for the due execution of his duties at the Cabinet Secretariat, as set out in the Third Schedule).

The Cabinet Office is the office of the Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service (SC&HoCS), who is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the House of Parliament. The SC&HoCS is the President’s chief civil service adviser. The SCHOCS carries out the President’s civil service policies through the Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
The Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service is the Principal Officer in charge of the Cabinet Office and shall not enter upon the duties of  his office unless he has taken and subscribed the oath of office for the due execution of his duties as set out in the Third Schedule………

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BIOGRAPHIES OF SENIOR OFFICIALS

Biographies of officials serving in principal positions from the Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service up to Assistant Cabinet Secretaries and other senior officers…..

JOHN SUMAILAH(GOOR)
Secretary to the cabinet
and of the civil service (SCHOCS)

John Sumailah, Grand Officer of the Order of the Rokel  (GOOR)  was sworn in as Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service in June 2018

JOHN SUMAILAH, (GOOR),  is the current Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service, Cabinet Secretariat-(Office of the President) in Sierra Leone. He is an Honorary Fellow of the International Professional Managers Association: FIPU (Certified International Professional Managers). He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Sierra Leone (USL), majoring in Philosophy, Rural Sociology and Sociology of Development and numerous managerial training courses at home and abroad.

 

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SOLOMON S. THOMAS

ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY TO THE CABINET AND HEAD OF THE CIVIL SERVICE (SCHOCS)

MARTIN A. JIMMY

Director, Cabinet Affairs Department

MICHAEL JOHNNY, Ph.D.

Director, Cabinet Implementation, Monitoring and Support Unit (CIMSU)

PATRICK M. SAMA

Director, Performance Management Unit

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Senior Information Officer, Public Information /Relations Unit

MUSA CONTEH

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GOVERNING LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS

The 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone – (Chapter v – THE EXECUTIVE – Part II – EXECUTIVE POWERS. Sub-section 68 – Secretary to the Cabinet)

  1. There shall be a Secretary to the Cabinet who shall be the head of the Civil Service and whose office shall be a public office
  2. The Secretary to the Cabinet shall be appointed by the President in consultation with the Public Service Commission
  3. The functions of the Secretary to the Cabinet shall include –
  • having charge of the Cabinet Secretariat
  • responsibility for arranging the business for, and keeping the minutes of the Cabinet, and for conveying the decisions of the Cabinet to the appropriate person or authority, in accordance with such instructions as may be given by the President
  • co-ordinating and supervising the work of all administrative heads of ministries and departments in the Public Service
  • such other functions as the President may from time to time determine
  Cabinet Secretariat (CABSEC) (Office of the President)

Physical and Mailing Address:

Cabinet Secretariat (CABSEC)

(Office of the President)

Vice President Office Building

1st. Floor O.A.U. Drive, Tower Hill Freetown, Sierra Leone

Work Hours

Monday to Thursday: 08: 30 am – 4: 45 pm

Friday: 08:30 am – 03: 00 pm

Contact Info

  • (+232)76848861/(+232)76-626049/(+232)78529338
  • info@cabinetsecretariat.gov.sl
  • O.AU Drive, Tower Hill Freetown

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