By: Mohamed Abu Conteh
The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has on Friday, January 30, disbursed the first tranche of its annual subvention to the country’s five Regional Football Associations, with each region receiving US$25,000, equivalent to NLe 567,500. This amount represents 50 percent of the approved annual allocation for each region.
The disbursement follows a recent decision by the President Babadi Kamara led-Executive Committee to increase regional funding from 15,000 to 50,000 annually, a move aimed at easing the financial burden on the regions and strengthening grassroots football development nationwide.
The Sierra Leone Football Association reaffirmed its commitment to empowering the regions as a key pillar of Football growth in Sierra Leone Football noting that the remaining balance of the annual subvention will be released later in the year in line with established financial administrative guidelines.
These Regional subventions have a huge impact from the regional Football Association that will help them embark on development of football in the respective areas of functions.
There has been a huge cry from the five Regional Associations with relations to funding as many projects were not honored by the Regional Football Association.