Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr today had a constructive one-to-one meeting with international actor and producer Idris Elba. Mayor Aki-Sawyerr congratulated Idris Elba on his new role as Brand Ambassador for Sierra Leone and thanked him for his dedication to the development of our nation. The meeting provided an opportunity for the Mayor to listen to Idris […]
Read MoreBackground Freetown City Council is delighted to inform the General Public that the 15 Storey Freetown City Hall, which was under construction by the Government of Sierra Leone with support from the people of South Korea is almost complete. The Council alone cannot manage the entire facilities and therefore intends to seek the services of […]
Read MoreLondon, Los Angeles, Barcelona, Freetown, Mexico City and Tokyo found first-of-its-kindnetwork of cities in support of gender equity. The Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, today unveiled the capital as a co-foundingmember of a ground-breaking international network of cities committed to advancing genderequality. ‘CHANGE’ (City Hub And Network for Gender Equity) will see Freetown partner with Los […]
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Freetown City Council Opens New City HallFreetown, Sierra Leone, 6th November 2020 – Freetown City Council today hosted the Opening Ceremony for the new City Hall, with the keynote address delivered by Hon. Tamba Lamina, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development.Present at the Opening Ceremony were the Ambassador of South Korea to the Federal […]
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Yesterday, 17th October 2020, we started planting 13,000 trees at Orogu New Site with the help of CBOs and community members, and with funding from the World Bank through the Ministry of Finance. The community members and CBOs will track and ensure the growth of trees. Orugu New Site is an upper catchment area in […]
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Yesterday, Wednesday 16th September, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr of Freetown City Council (FCC) and Chairman Kasho J Holland Cole Western Area District Council (WARD-C) officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding to agree to work together in specified areas of urban planning and development, and service delivery. The signing took place at the WARD-C conference hall at […]
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If you passed by Congo Cross Bridge today, you would have seen our sanitation team cleaning the environs, particularly the illegal dumpsite that had been created there. Our team, which comprised the Councillors of the Sanitation committee, sanitary inspectors, MET police tricycle youth groups and public space cleaning monitors, also engaged the surrounding informal community […]
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FCC has been able to secure some funds for development in 30 of the 48 wards (to be randomly selected) and we want to engage directly with you, our residents, about how you want to use those funds to meet needs in your localities. In light of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, we will start this […]
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Today, GOAL handed over one vacuum truck and two motorcycles to Freetown City Council as part the Faecal Sludge Management Project. The vacuum truck and motorcycles will support FCC in achieving its #TransformFreetown sanitation target which, in part, aims to increase safe disposal of liquid waste from 6% to 60%.The truck will be leased to […]
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Today, FCC, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and NACOVERC, launched the Armed Forces Training Centre (AFTC) Community Care Centre (CCC) at Benguema, Waterloo. The launch was made official by a symbolic ribbon-cutting ceremony by Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr and Mr Abdul-Rahman Fofanah, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health in the presence of Councillors […]
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