Freetown City Council Explained

Freetown City Council
House Type:City council
New Session:May 2018
Leader1 Type:The Mayor/Head of Freetown City Council
Leader1:Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr (APC)
Leader2 Type:The Deputy Mayor/Head of Freetown City Council
Leader2:Osman T. Koroma (APC)[1]
Leader4 Type:Chief Administrator of the Freetown City Council
Leader4:Festus Kallay
Leader5 Type:Finance Officer of the Freetown City Council
Leader5:Madina Bah
Term Length:4 years
Authority:Local Government Act, 2004[2] [3] [4]
Last Election1:March 7, 2018
Next Election1:2022
Meeting Place:Freetown City Hall[5]
Freetown, Sierra Leone

Freetown City Council is the municipal government of the city of Freetown,[6] the capital of Sierra Leone. It was established in 1893 and is one of the oldest municipal governments in Africa.[7] The Freetown City Hall, located on Wallace-Johnson Street, is the meeting place and seat of government of the Freetown City Council.[8]

The city of Freetown is politically divided into three regions: East End Freetown, Central Freetown and the West End of Freetown, which are subdivided into wards. Members of the Freetown city council, including the mayor, are directly elected every four years by the residents of Freetown and they represent different wards throughout the city.

Members of the Freetown City Councils are known as councillors, except the deputy mayor and the mayor, in whom local executive power is vested within the city of Freetown. The City Council, including the mayor, are responsible for the general management of the city of Freetown. The mayor carry out laws pass by the city council. The Freetown City Council is noted for having its own municipal police forces. The current mayor of Freetown is Her Worship Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE of the All People's Congress (APC).

All appointed members by the mayor must be approved by the Freetown City Council before taking office. Since its founding to present, virtually all mayors of Freetown are members of the Creole ethnic group. Freetown City Council politics has been dominated by the All People's Congress party (APC).

The Freetown City Council is one of the most powerful municipal government in Africa. its powers include, but not limited to:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-11-14 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060152/http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/printer_200522558.shtml . dead .
  2. Web site: Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Extraodinary Vol. CXXXV, No. 14. 23 April 2023.
  3. Web site: Local Councils: A pivotal but disappointing role in Sierra Leone's socio-political and economic development debate - feature-stories -.
  4. Web site: OSIWA . 2013-11-15 . dead . https://archive.today/20131114161840/http://www.osiwa.org/en/portal/newsroom/351/Promoting-transparency-and-broad-participation-in-local-government--Persisting-challenges-facing--Sierra-Leone.htm . 2013-11-14 .
  5. Web site: Ambassador Kuang Visits Freetown City Hall.
  6. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-11-14 . 2015-06-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150610223226/http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200522714.shtml . dead .
  7. 1159892. The Dissolution of Freetown City Council in 1926: A Negative Example of Political Apprenticeship in Colonial Sierra Leone. Akintola J. G.. Wyse. 1 January 1987. Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 57. 4. 422–438. 10.2307/1159892. 144482758.
  8. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-11-14 . 2015-06-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150610202903/http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200523642.shtml . dead .
  9. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-11-14 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115126/http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200523426.shtml . dead .
  10. Web site: Mayor Gibson Wants Freetown to Look Like a Real City! « Africa Young Voices (AYV) . 2013-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029215125/http://africayoungvoices.com/2013/10/mayor-gibson-wants-freetown-to-look-like-a-real-city/ . 2013-10-29 . dead .
  11. Web site: In Sierra Leone, 140 Metropolitan Police Officers pass out. 2013-11-14. 2015-06-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20150610222924/http://news.sl/drwebsite/exec/view.cgi?archive=6&num=15499&printer=1. dead.
  12. Web site: Sierra Leone: Police Blames City Council, Petty Traders, Others. 23 April 2023.
  13. Web site: Freetown City Council to enforce payment of municipal licenses | Sierra Express Media . 2013-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110921095106/http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/22139 . 2011-09-21 . dead .
  14. News: Alhassan Bah . FCC Increases Shop License Fee . 23 April 2023 . allAfrica . Concord Times . 13 January 2009 . Freetown.
  15. Web site: Travel Blog . 2013-11-14 . 2015-06-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150610224827/http://www.sierraleonenewshunters.com/article/freetown-city-council-sierra-leone-police%E2%80%A6-totally-reckless-indifferent-attitude-%E2%80%98opertaion . dead .
  16. Web site: Margai. Joseph S.. Those unprotected cemeteries in Freetown! – Sierra Express Media. sierraexpressmedia.com. Adeyemi Paul. 2 April 2017.

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