President Bio Backs New SLFA Leadership, Applauds Corporate Outreach

The newly elected Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) President, ๐๐š๐›๐š๐๐ข ๐Š๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š, has received a strong vote of confidence from ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐š๐๐ข๐ž๐ซ (๐‘๐ญ๐.) ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐š๐š๐๐š ๐๐ข๐จ, who today pledged his governmentโ€™s full support for football development and commended Mr. Kamara for already engaging corporate institutions in the drive to boost the game.

The SLFA delegation, which included Vice President 1 ๐€๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐š๐๐š๐ซ๐š ๐“๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž and other Executive Committee members, was led to State House in Freetown by the Executive Director of the National Sports Authority (NSA), ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐„๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐š ๐€๐›๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ข, and the Minister of Sports, ๐Œ๐š๐๐š๐ฆ ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š ๐‰๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ-๐“๐ž๐ข๐ฆ๐š.

During the courtesy visit, the NSA boss formally presented the new SLFA leadership to President Bio. Mr. Kamara expressed gratitude for the Presidentโ€™s warm reception and the governmentโ€™s continued support to football. He described his executive as the most nationally inclusive in SLFA history, with representation from every region, and highlighted his record-breaking victory as the most popular SLFA President to date.

Pledging close collaboration with the NSA and Ministry of Sports, Mr. Kamara assured that all support from government and other partners would be used strictly for its intended purposes. He also revealed that outreach to corporate institutions is already underway to secure additional backing for football development.

President Bio congratulated the new SLFA leadership on their election and reaffirmed his commitment to supporting the game at all levelsโ€”particularly the national teams and the Sierra Leone Premier League. He stressed that football growth will help nurture talent, create youth employment, and foster national unity, while applauding President Babadi for his corporate engagement efforts, noting that government cannot do it alone.