The Sierra Leone Football Association has today Sunday May 14 successfully concluded a ten-day training course for over sixty Assessors, Instructors and Elite Referees in Bo City, Southern Sierra Leone.
The ceremony was witnessed by the Vice President-1 of the Sierra Leone Football Association Harold Nat-Johnson, the Chairman of the SLFA Referees Committee Alhaji M. A. Sesay and the SLFA Referees Manager Edmond Foray Marrah.
In his statement, the Vice President- 1 Harold Nat-Johnson thanked the FIFA facilitators Prof. Lim Kee Chong and Fitness Instructor Ephram Mark Mzengo for “taking their time and travel thousands of miles to impart valuable knowledge in our elite referees”. “This will invariably bring about the much-needed improvement in our country’s refereeing”. He added.
Nat-Johnson congratulated the participants for successfully going through the FIFA knowledge sharing exercise, admonishing them to always ensure the execution of their jobs as referees professionally.
“As a federation, we will continue to recommend hardworking and quality referees for enlistment into FIFA, CAF and WAFU tournaments”. He added.
In his statement, the Lead facilitator Prof. Lim Kee Chong, a former FIFA World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations referee expressed great delight over the the performance of the participants. “With this crop of referees, there is great prospect for the development of refereeing in Sierra Leone”. 
Prof. Lim said. He added by requesting the SLFA to pay more attention to referees’ department, noting that, “referees in every country must be seen as international ambassadors”.
The ceremony officially ended with a brief statement of closure by the Vice President- 1 following the distribution of certificates to all participants.
Credit: SLFA Media Department…
