Osioriame Thomas

6/8/2024 Yesterday it was my pleasure to symbolically present cheques to the 9 winners of the Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund, launched in May 2024 by Freetown City Council, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG). The objective of the Fund is to empower young leaders committed to addressing the climate crisis. […]

2/8/2024 As the heavy rains continue and the risk of significant coastal flooding increases, I engaged members of the Kroo Bay community today. We will be demolishing large structures primarily built by “landlords” on illegal “banking” and replacing them with 75,000 mangroves. The “banking” is created from waste deposits which pollute the ocean and end

29/7/2024 I attended an extremely constructive meeting today chaired by the Minister of Environment  , with the Minister of Local Government And Community Relations, Deputy Minister of Lands, National Security Coordinator  of the ONS, NDMA, SLRA, Chairman of the Western Area Rural District.   All the stakeholders presented their perspectives on the reasons for the recent

21/7/2024 Out in the field with Freetown City Council Chairman of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Cllr Unisa Kamara and Chief Administrator Raman Tom Farmar. Seeing first-hand the positive impact of flood mitigation activities of FCC over the past 8 weeks. (Flood mitigation activities continued at Abacha Street today even in the rain). Localized

17/7/2024 It was an honor to speak today at the 25th-anniversary celebrations of Afrobarometer, a pan-African, non-partisan survey research network that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, the economy, and society. With a vision for a world in which Africa’s development is anchored in the realities and aspirations of its people, Afrobarometer is the

10/7/2024 Freetown City Council (FCC) in partnership with UNCDF, ILO, ILRAJ, WANEP and FEDURP has been implementing the Women for Water and Peace Project (W4WP) with funding from the UN Peacebuilding Fund. This involves the construction of 25 solar powered boreholes (part of the ongoing installation of 65 boreholes across Freetown) in communities in Aberdeen,

It was a pleasure to welcome Her Excellency Mrs. Ursula Fahringer, Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the Republic of Sierra Leone, based in Dakar, Sengal to Freetown City Council today. We spoke about the importance of strengthening collaboration and of exploring opportunities for cooperation. The Freetown Cable Car Project, a significant intervention whose

We are thrilled to announce the C40 Freetown Women4Climate Mentorship Programme that will match committed leaders from the business sector, international organizations, and community organizations with emerging women leaders.The mentors will share their knowledge and experiences, supporting the mentees in becoming powerful leaders in their chosen fields including politics, non-profits, business, media, community groups, and

Pursuant to a letter from the Minister of Local Government dated 8th February 2023 instructing all Mayors, Chairpersons and Councillors to “vacate” the Local Councils on 1st March 2023, I write to inform you that my tenure as Mayor of Freetown ends today. (For the record, this directive is in contravention of Section 137 of