April 16, 2021
By: Mohamed Abu Conteh
On the 14th April 2021 the Ethics Board of the Sierra Leone Football has cleared Lawyer Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai to contest for the upcoming SLFA Elective Congress that is set to take place on the 14-15 May 2021 at the Makeni City.
This came weeks after a list was circulated on Social Media with his name listed with a preexisting condition. But after thorough investigation by the Ethics Board he was cleared and now eligible to contest against the incumbent Madam Isha Johansen the current President of the Sierra Leone Football who has been in that position for over seven years (7) and she is set to contest again for the hot seat of the Football Association presidency.
According to many Football stakeholders, Lawyer Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai is the fittest to run for the FA Presidency as he has a track record in developing football in the country. And he is currently the Chairman of Old Edwardian Football club and the CEO of Luawa Football club.
Lawyer Abdulai is a former division one player with old Edwardians and has supported many football ventures across the country including his home district of Kailahun.
In 2018, he was unanimously appointed to serve as the chairman of the Premier League that has been dubbed as the best premier league in the country’s history. The 2018/2019 Premier was about glory, honor and history that necessitated President Julius Maada Bio to personally instruct his Finance Minister to disburse 3.5 billion Leones for the resumption of a national league that was inactive for over five years due to bad leadership of the of the Football Association.