The Sierra Leone Taekwondo Association has on the 25th of June 2022 elected new members for the next four years. The Election took place at the Henry Moore Auditorium Olympia Africa Goderich.
Before the Voting took place there were issues regarding a constitutional amendment and the director of Participation at the National Sports Authority Stevens Kelefia said they are going to work on those issues after the Elective Congress and they have already set up a nine-man committee that will start to look at arising issues in the Constitution. The Constitutional Review Committee has been set up and will work until November and after the review then it will be adopted in February next year 2022.
The Executive of the Sierra Leone Taekwondo Association has elected Oness Abayomi Johnson as the President of the Association for the second time, he scored (13) votes cast out of the 16 total votes cast his opponent got three votes cast.
The Vice President Position went to Janet Alie she scored (14) Votes cast out of the (16).
The Secretary-General Position went to Mohamed Barrie he scored (15) votes and cast the (16) votes.
The Treasurer position went to Patricia Wesley who scored (16) votes and the public Relations Position went to Jaffa Man’s Davies to scored (12) votes cast.
After being declared as the President Oness Abayomi Johnson said he feels happy for the Executive to have the trust in him to help push the Association he cherished and hopes to do more than what he did to improve the Sports countrywide.
The Election witnessed serious fighting from some members who feel that their nominations were not accepted because the Constitution said you must have submitted your registration at least two weeks before Election Day.
Mustapha Smart, Certified coach, and instructor of the Taekwondo said the results of the election are not good to write home about, because some members were denied the right to be voted for during the Elections day and that the entire process is a stage-managed by the Electoral Commissioners.
