Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 September 2025:I am pleased to inform Freetonians that the Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs will be holding a public consultation on the proposed plans to divide Freetown into two cities with two local councils. The public consultation will be held at the Freetown City Council Auditorium on Thursday 18th September at 10am and I encourage Freetonians to attend. Kindly note that on 18th August 2025, Freetown City Council received the budget allocation for the final quarter of 2024. Financial resources which are already inadequate for service delivery will be diverted to covering the cost of another local council office and staff. The proposed plans will not solve any of Freetown’s challenges, they will make them worse.