He added that the Commission will also take action against media houses that fail to deliver copies of their publication to the Commission on time; as well as taking action against those that have failed to renew their licenses up to 2019.

Newspaper proprietors or managers, he added, that have failed to produce evidence of the academic qualifications of their editors will also face the Commission.

“Sierra Leone has been inundated in recent times by all sorts of people calling themselves journalists leading to highly problematic and unprofessional “journalism,” Mr. Khoryama said, adding that this time round, the IMC is not going to look askance as such issues.

Mr. Khoryama is the head of a team of highly experienced journalists, lawyers and other professionals at the Independent Media Commission.