Bo City Council
Bo City Council (BCC) | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
New session started | December 2012 |
| Leadership | |
Mayor of Bo | |
Deputy Mayor of Bo | Hawa Campbell[2] |
Chief Administrator of the Bo City Council | Henry Powell[2] |
| Structure | |
Length of term | 4 years |
| Authority | Local Government Act, 2004[3] |
| Elections | |
Last election | November 17, 2012 |
Next election | 2016 |
| Meeting place | |
| Bo City Council Hall Bo, Sierra Leone | |
Bo City Council is the municipal government of the city of Bo, Sierra Leone's second largest city.[4] The Council is responsible for the general management of the city. The Bo City Council was reestablished in 2004 by the Sierra Leone Parliament under the Sierra Leone Local Government Act[5][6][7] The Bo City Council meet at the Bo City Council Hall on Coronation Field Road in Bo, Sierra Leone.
System
Members of the Bo City Council are directly elected every four years by the residents of Bo and they represent different wards throughout the city. Members of the Bo city Council are known as councillors, except the deputy mayor and the Mayor, in whom local executive power is granted within the city of Bo.[8] Former mayor Harold Logie Tucker of the Sierra Leone People's Party[9] was elected with over 69.07% of the vote in the November 2012 Local Council elections.[10]
All officials appointed by the mayor must be approved by the Bo City Council before taking office. Like the rest of the Southern Part of Sierra Leone, Bo city politics is dominated by the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP).
Bo City Council powers include, but not limited to:
- Collect local tax [11][12]
- Responsible for the cleaning the city and trash collection
- Control streets and petty trading
- Issue of business lincense to shop owners and petty traders
- Monitore Motorcycle and bike riders
- Maintain discipline in schools[13]
References
- ^ "Newly Elected Bo City Council Mayor Renovates Bo Cemetery Building". Sierra Loaded. 2023-08-15. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
- ^ a b c "Administration". Bo City Council. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
- ^ [1][2]Promoting transparency and braod participation in local government
- ^ "PUBLIC INVITATION: Sierra Leone News". News.sl. 2010-04-20. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
- ^ "Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Extraordinary Vol. CXXXV, No. 14" (PDF). Sierra-leone.org. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
- ^ "Local Councils: A pivotal but disappointing role in Sierra Leone's socio-political and economic development debate - feature-stories". Sierraleone365.com. 2009-12-29. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
- ^ "OSIWA". OSIWA. 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Women Councilors get Leadership capacitation in Bo - News in Sierra Leone". Mysierraleoneonline.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
- ^ "SIERRA LEONE: Mayor of Bo quizzed on mutiny links". WADR. 2013-08-28. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
- ^ "National Electoral Commission (NEC)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
- ^ "Bo City reach ambitious Property Tax Revenue target". Revenuedevelopment.org. 2010-09-20. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Bo City Council Tops Tax Collection | Sierra Express Media". Sierraexpressmedia.com. 2009-09-08. Archived from the original on 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
- ^ "Bo City Councils bans social activities in schools | Sierra Express Media". Sierraexpressmedia.com. 2013-02-16. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
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