September 9, 2021
The Vice President One of Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), Harold Nat Johnson has paid a visit to Ghana Football Association (GFA) to fraternize with the hierarchy of the Association with the aim at building a strong partnership in the areas of Structure re-organization, competitions, improvement and management, National team structuring for qualification to International competitions among other things.
Harold Nat Johnson who was received by the (GFA) President, Kurt Edwin Simeon – Okraku and General Secretary, Prosper Harrison Addo, Esq admitted the visit is the first of many as his Country seeks for new models to get things done right. He reiterated that Ghana has blazed the trail in key areas of Football management on the Africa continent over the years and the SLFA deems it fit to understudy Ghana in their restructuring process. He added that the absence of Sierra Leone from the Africa Cup of Nations over the years which have been a major concern to the people.
“We have been absent from the AFCON for 25 years and will like to pick up lesson from the success story of the consistent appearance at the AFCON by our brothers, Ghana Football Association. We would like to also initiate a number of engagements to enable us to study your league systems, Competitions including the Women’s game. It was resolved at the Executive meeting to get the Ghanaian story on how things are done,” he added.
The President of the Ghana Football Association, Simeon Okraku expressed the readiness to receive the SLFA to share ideas for mutual gains.
“I am very happy you are here, obviously we have lots in common and I am sure there are lots to share among ourselves and lots to learn from each other,” President Simeon Okraku said.
“We started this journey almost two years ago trying to stabilize the football eco-system after a while and it’s gradually gaining grounds.”
He further that for the first time in three years, we have been able to run our completions including the Premier league, Division One, and the Women’s League successfully.
The Regional Leagues and Juvenile League are almost completed so it has been a big plus for us. At the National front we won the WAFU-20 CUP and the Africa Cup (U-20) and that has been a big boost for us. All our departmental heads have been duly informed and will be on the lookout for the time the Vice President will pay another visit.
SLFA Vice President schedules a number of meetings with various departmental heads for his next visit to the GFA.