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Freetown City Council engages over 1000 youths in citywide flood mitigation activities

11th June 2024 Between March to April this year, Freetown City Council identified 72 flooding flashpoints across the city. To improve community resilience and reduce the risks of flooding in these sites, FCC is collaborating with residents in those communities to remove silt and garbage build-ups that affect drainage. As of today, FCC has completed […]

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Mayor Aki-Sawyerr Speaks at World Bank Group Convened Climate Disaster Risk Finance Summit

12th June 2024 The World Bank Group, in partnership with the Global Shield against Climate Risks, University of Oxford, and the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) convened a flagship event for the climate and disaster risk finance and insurance community from June 11- 14, 2024. The summit seeks to give visibility to innovative solutions and offer

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Freetown City Council and CRS Support Household Waste Collection In Kolleh Town and Cocklebay Communities

Waste found on our streets, gutters and waterways is the result of illegal dumping by Freetown residents and businesses. For those residents living in hard-to-reach and informal settlements, the lack of access for waste service providers is often combined with a lack of willingness to pay for waste disposal, resulting in significant localized illegal dumping

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Mayor Aki-Sawyerr Hosts Minister of Water Resources and World Bank Team at the FCC Kingtom Wastewater Treatment Plant

It was a pleasure to this morning receive the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation Hon Dr Hannah Max-Kyne, the World Bank Country Manager Abdu Muwonge, the World Bank Water Global Practice Manager Anna Cestari, and other members of the Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership Council at the FCC Kingtom Wastewater Treatment Plant. Alongside

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Monitoring & Evaluation

The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer | Tennehma Rogers The Monitoring and Evaluation Department (M&E) provides the city council with statistics on socio-economic and demographic data (to help strengthen good governance) that will enable the council to carry out it medium term plans as indicated in its development plan document. The department carries out all site

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Valuation Department

The City Valuator | Amadu Sahr Fayia Who We Are The City Valuator provides the property valuation service to the city council for rating purposes. It provides effective, efficient and timely delivery of rating valuations for allocated assessments to the council. What We Do The Valuation Department is responsible for the general administration of Property

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Development & Planning

The Development Planning Officer | Abdul Karim Marah This Development Planning and Management, Department of the Freetown City Council is charged with the responsibility to ensure effective coordination, monitoring and evaluation of all planning activities of the Council. What We Do The Development Planning Officer prepares and processes statutory planning documents, applications, and development permit

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City Engineer

The Acting City Engineer | Dunstan Sackey. The City Engineer Department provides mentoring support to the Freetown City Council in the design, implementation and Management of Works/infrastructure projects of the City Council. What We Do The City Engineer is responsible for the overall planning of civil sub-projects and facilitating the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) procurement of

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Internal Audit

The Internal Audit Officer | Ama Sowa The Internal Audit Department of the Freetown City Council provides an independent assurance that the Council’s risk management, governance and internal control processes are operating effectively. The Council employees in this department have a professional duty to provide an unbiased and objective view. What We Do The Internal Audit Officer evaluates

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