The chaos in Sierra
Leone football is far from over as ousted FA boss Isha Johansen breaks her
silence after the dissolution of her executive by one of the top sports bodies
in the country, the Nations Sports Council.
A defiant Johansen has asked
that she be given more time to carry out her plans for Sierra Leone football
and that the dissolution of her executive will only lead to more problems with
the sport’s ruling bodies FIFA and CA.
“I would urge every well meaning Sierra Leoneans be you a football lover or otherwise to fully understand the consequences of
what a full exclusion from FIFA and CAF would mean not just for our teams and
football, but for the nation,” Johansen pleaded in her statement inside ftinsight.net.
“We at SLFA ask for one simple thing – allow us
to create a culture of good governance and give us the opportunity to let the
people of Sierra Leone experience and be proud of national football at its
best,” she added.
World football body FIFA has qualified the
dissolution as political interference and has issued an ultimatum for Johansen
to be reinstated by 16 December or the country will be banned from all
international competitions, including clubs.
“Striving to retain independence has been a huge
challenge and has made the Sierra Leone football industry the focus of much
international and national disapproval, disappointment, and mockery,” Johansen lamented.
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