By Alusine Fullah
The Sierra Leone Football Association has organized fields’ inspection exercise ahead of the commencement of the numerous pitches construction projects on the 10th July, 2023. The targeted areas for these projects are: Freetown, Port Loko, Kono, Bo and Kenema. The team was led by the Vice President 1 Harold Nat-Johnson together with the Netherland-based contractors, Mark Jonkers and his team. In a short phone call with the President of SLFA, Daddy Brima, he said: “Upon completion of these projects, Sierra Leoneans will see a full package of a state of the art artificial turf, floodlight, perimeter fence, 100KVA generator, and 100-seater pavilion at the SLFA Academy Field, Approved School Field, Port Loko Town Field, and Bo Coronation Field… CCTV installation at the SLFA Secretariat, vehicle project, technical center upgrade, artificial turf project (installation of floodlight in Kenema, repair of the turf in Kono and construction of Premier fence, etc).”
The above inspection exercise came after the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) together with Statutory Ordinary Congress held their Ordinary Congress at Radisson Blue on the 5th June, 2023. The meeting was witnessed by, Ibrahim Nyelenkeh, Minister of Sports; Daddy Brima, President of SLFA; Dr. Kenneth Brima, the Executive Director of the National Sports Authority; and Prince Suallay, President of the National Olympic Committee. During this session, several issues were discussed, key among which was the adoption of a new Football Ecosystem that is aimed at reducing the number of teams in the various SLFA leagues to ensure quality, efficiency and proper league management. During this meeting, the Minister of Sports, Ibrahim Nyelenkeh, said: “We are here today to put more standards in our football. Within the next three months, we are going to see more improvement…huge funds have been approved…”
