By Andrew Biko Berewa,
Sierra Leone’s sports minister Ahmed Khanou has given the local FA (SLFA) until 14 August to hold an ordinary congress and so pave the way for elections.
Congress was supposed to have taken place last month but was postponed indefinitely by Fifa on the grounds of carrying out integrity checks on current and potential SLFA members in a country where betting syndicates have infiltrated football and now want to take charge of the beautiful game.
However the big question The World wants to know why the government of Sierra Leone wants a FIFA BAN?What are they upto?And how will they benefit?Why is the Minister of Sports reigning abuse upon Fifa for trying to ensure that Integrity Tests are carried out on FA Executives in Sierra Leone?
Does Minister Khanou know that he will be the one to receive a ban from his office? Sierra Leoneans will not sit back and watch another greedy and unscrupulous government minister destroy and sell his country to foreigners. Its sad that a Young broke Minister whose term of office comes to an end in a few months time and is looking for a pension fund through unscrupulous ways as he works hard to make his betting masters at Mercury happy.
Khanou couldn’t get it from SLFA FIFA funds so he looks to foreigners Rodney and Martin Michaels treacherous plan to ruin Sierra Leone future all because the locals have said no to Mercury’s plan to sell Sierra Leone.Why is the Minister of Sports not focusing his oversized lenses on the villain who claims he wants to be the next Sierra Leone Football President?
Last weekend Sanusi unleashed gangs on the streets of Freetown in the Eastern region of the capital under the guise of celebrating a football trophy for a community match played four months ago.
His gangs was used to provoke rival communities called mountain city whom Sanusi believes are supporters of current FA President Mrs Johansen.Innocent victims lie in hospital, homes looted, a chilling reminder of Sierra Leone’s civil war.
Led by the man who says he will save Sierra Leone’s Football together with Vice President Rodney Mercury Michael. The Minister of Sports overlooks all of this, but focuses on bringing down a football system that has been resisting corrupt politicians and corrupt so called football stakeholders and die-hard gamblers like Lebanese and foreign intruders in Sierra Leone but the world is watching and watching very closely.
I hope the international Olympic committee’s Minister Khanou belongs to are watching how this juvenile petty politician is making a deadly mockery of Sports ( athletics, boxing, cycling, basketball , now football )and abusing his office to ruin the future of this vulnerable country’s generation.
Rodney sends private messages hailing Sanusi ‘buski’ Kargbo as one of the countries richest young men? Really Rodney Michael? and how did he make his money? surely Mr Sanusi cannot be scared of an integrity test. Can he? What kind of government contracts has he obtained and how?What is his educational and career background?What has been his football achievements apart from succeeding in getting the club he was handed the position of being chairman of, ( east end lions) a CAF ban and the club is still under a BAN.
SLFA President Isha Johansen has single-handedly put her foot down and fought against Mercury having anything to do with Sierra Leone Football. Even when the FA was in dire need of funds she would rather go without at home to support the FA than turn to Mercury for funding. Unfortunately the country has sold her soul to Mercury so SLFA will just have to pray for a miracle to happen to get this mafia syndication banned from football related activities in Sierra Leone FA.
Minister Khanou has crossed the line saying that he is acting under instructions by the president to order SLFA to go to congress within weeks time or else he will be left with no alternative than to take matters into his own hands A statement he will regret.Threads from his conversation yesterday where he openly brags about receiving sponsorship from MERCURY GAMBLING and will continue to enjoy the gambling syndications support have been received.
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