Stats SL Reveal Census of Business Establishments and lunch of the Consumer Price Index Manual

By Abdul Rahman Bah

On Wednesday 20 September 2023 Statistics Sierra Leone update Census of Business Establishments and lunch of the consumer price index (CPI) at corner Lodge Freetown.

Samuel Ansumana Director Comms & PR-Stats SL on his opening he said that the program is in two ways the first one is the statistics Sierra Leone update on Census establishment and the lunch of the consumer price index Manual which is very important

Director Of NAESD-Mwaluma Andrew Bryma Gegbe on his statement he said that in May last year and December 2022 to the first quarter 2023 they conducted what is called the Census Business Establishments and they trained people to gather information through the enterprises the information they bring out they will put it on their data. the incomplete information the will make Sured that they send them back to bring the correct and  completed information that data had been clean and ready to be report in either research on further analysis.

He further said that the lunching of the Consumer Price index (CPI) Manual is very important document is even a requirement for ECOWAS countries that compiled what is called Consumers price index. He said that the Consumer Price index is the first to be on air for Sierra Leone over 50 years and this document is served as a reference for the field staffs that doing the Work or any other SS staffs. take holder like the bank of Sierra Leone and the Ministry of Finance, IMF, and the world Bank who like to know how they do their comperlation. And he further said on the comperlation they have put all the necessary materials which they used like softerware etc.

Andrew Bob Johnny – statistics General He said that the Census of Business Establishments is conducted in every five years and also statistics Sierra Leone conducted a Census of Business Establishments between December 2022 and the first quarter of 2023. The entire country was canvassed approximately 901 field staff  to identify and register all business activities and the international industrial classification  ( which ISIC REV 4) was applied.

He Highlighted some of the record of the establishment a total of 165,514 record about 48,299 regular business establishments (permanent non-baffas) where indentified and recorded He further said that another 117,215 tiny business establishments ( non permanent/ baffas) where recorded and over 70 percent of the establishments is trade. He further said almost half (45.3%) of the business establishments is located in the western Area Nine out of every ten businesses are individually owned ( sole proprietor) and the most typical tiny establishments is trade (69.1%).

Mr Andrew further said that Number of worker per establishments the Census of Business Establishments reported a total of 235,413 workers nearly two third (64.6%) of the business have one or two workers.