Sewa Grounds Market, Freetown, Thursday 18 September 2025 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has officially commissioned the modern Sewa Grounds Market, located in the heart of Freetown’s Central Business District. The Sewa Grounds Market will significantly reduce street trading in the city centre, providing traders with a dignified, safe, and secure environment to do business. In a major announcement welcomed by traders, President Bio revealed that while NaSSIT had set the stall rent at NLe 12,000, his government had reduced it to NLe 6,000 per stall. “This clearly demonstrates that President Bio is a listening leader. He echoed the President’s challenge for NaSSIT to construct more markets nationwide and encouraged informal workers to enroll in NaSSIT schemes for their long-term security.