Haja Halimah Lukay is the Development and Planning Officer for Bo City Council in Southern Sierra Leone. Her responsibilities include preparing and processing planning documents, providing guidance and direction to the local council planning committee, and facilitating the collection of data in collaboration with the local Council Finance Officer.

She is a community development advocate working to ensure community ownership and enhanced sustainable development planning at the local level. She has also helped lead a team for the implementation of the Prince’s Foundation’s Rapid Urbanisation Toolkit in Sierra Leone. Under her stewardship, the Bo City Council has been recognized for outstanding planning work by the Commonwealth Association of Planners.