SLFA Makes History as President Babadi Kamara Signs First-Ever Anti-Doping MOU with NOC

The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has achieved a historic milestone as President ๐๐š๐›๐š๐๐ข ๐Š๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š on Tuesday, December 9, signed the federationโ€™s first-ever ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ข-๐ƒ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž- ๐’๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š ๐‹๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž (๐๐Ž๐‚). The signing took place at the NOC Office on Walpole Street, Freetown.

The groundbreaking partnership establishes a formal framework to promote clean sport, protect athletes, and uphold integrity within Sierra Leone football.

In his statement, President Babadi Kamara highlighted that the agreement aims to ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโ€™ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก, ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ.

He stressed the need to safeguard Sierra Leoneโ€™s many young talents from drug abuse, describing the MOU as a crucial first step. โ€œ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ,โ€ he assured.

The event was witnessed by the NOC President ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐•๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ; Secretary of NOC, ๐€๐ก๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐Š๐ก๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฎ; Head of the National Anti-Doping Organization (NADO-SL), ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ง and the Acting General Secretary of SLFA, ๐Œ๐จ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ฐ๐จ๐กโ€”all underscoring the national importance of this historic agreement.

NOC President ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐•๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ in his speech, thanked the SLFA for initiating the partnership and pledged the Committeeโ€™s full support in its implementation, expressing optimism for further collaboration to strengthen sports development nationwide.

This landmark agreement underscores President Babadi Kamaraโ€™s commitment to advancing professionalism and integrity in Sierra Leoneโ€™s sporting landscape.

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