Education Minister David Sengeh Congratulates Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr

The Minister for Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) has congratulated the mayor elect for the Freetown City Council (FCC) Mayor Yvone Aki-Sawyer of the All Peoples Congress (APC) party for a successful re-election.

The Minister also commended Mohamed Gento Kamara the mayoral aspirant for the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) and a tight contender to Mayor Yvone Aki-Sawyer.

The mayor elect is form the main opposition All Peoples Congress Party (APC) in the just concluded June 24^th general elections in the country.

In the tightly contested mayoral election, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr-mayor elect emerged victorious securing 51% of the votes with a total of 288,683 votes. Her main challenger, Mohamed Gento Kamara, put up a strong fight, garnering 48% of the votes with a total of 268,213 votes.

Sengeh expressed his thanks to Kamara for putting up a great fight although he was not successful in the race.

“Freetown loves you Mohamed Gento Kamara. Thanks for a great fight. Congrats to Yvone Aki-Sawyerr on her retention of the FCC mayor,” he stated.

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| 2023-07-02 22:03:40

Any way Allah know the best Mr Kamara take heart,
Sorie Kargbo | 2023-07-02 19:08:54

Di bra bin dae tell we lae we wait for results wae results bin don predetermine. E better lae den use force for trample people den democratic rights instead of den try for mek people den lek fool man dem, en ask we for mek we sef fool man dem. Duya, lae we continue for timap for we rights en we country. If norto bin for all di blowback, we all know so den bin for tiff di Freetown mayoral election. Other than doing a very good job, wetin Aki-Sawyerr do dem? Natin
Musa Lebbie | 2023-07-02 12:31:09

Anyways it's nice, we are hoping and praying for a better change, for our beloved mama salone