Freetown City Council

Freetown City Council (FCC)
Type
Type
History
New session started
 December, 2012
Leadership
Mayor of Freetown
Deputy Mayor of Freetown
Hannah Mary Jaiah (APC)[1]
Chairman of the Freetown City Council
Henry Fergusson (APC)[2]
Chief Administrator of the Freetown City Council
John Amadu Conteh (APC)[3]
Treasurer of the Freetown City Council
Dauda Rahman Koroma (APC)[4]
Structure
Length of term
 4 years
Authority Local Government Act, 2004[5][6][7]
Elections
Last election
 November 17, 2012
Next election
 2016
Meeting place
Freetown City Hall[8]
Freetown, Sierra Leone

Freetown City Council is the municipal government of the city of Freetown,[9][10] the capital of Sierra Leone. The Freetown City Council was established in 1893 and is one of the oldest municipal government in Africa.[11] The Freetown City Council meet at the Freetown City Hall on Wallace-Johnson Street in Freetown.[12]

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 force. The current Mayor of Freetown is his worship Franklyn Bode Gibson 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. The 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:

References

  1. ↑ http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/printer_200522558.shtml
  2. ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/200407261621.html
  3. ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/201308011390.html
  4. ↑ http://www.slaoinc.org/board.html
  5. ↑ http://www.sierra-leone.org/Laws/2004-1p.pdf
  6. ↑ http://sierraleone365.com/feature-stories/sierra-leone-local-council
  7. ↑ http://www.osiwa.org/en/portal/newsroom/351/Promoting-transparency-and-broad-participation-in-local-government--Persisting-challenges-facing--Sierra-Leone.htm
  8. ↑ http://sl.china-embassy.org/eng/xwdt/t914833.htm
  9. ↑ http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1159892?
  10. ↑ http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200522714.shtml
  11. ↑ http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1159892?uid=3739704&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21102936193231
  12. ↑ http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200523642.shtml
  13. ↑ http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200523426.shtml
  14. ↑ http://africayoungvoices.com/2013/10/mayor-gibson-wants-freetown-to-look-like-a-real-city/
  15. ↑ http://news.sl/drwebsite/exec/view.cgi?archive=6&num=15499&printer=1
  16. ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/200401080209.html
  17. ↑ http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/22139
  18. ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/200901130903.html
  19. ↑ http://www.sierraleonenewshunters.com/article/freetown-city-council-sierra-leone-police%E2%80%A6-totally-reckless-indifferent-attitude-%E2%80%98opertaion

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