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SLFA Boss, Sport Minister and LRMG Repโ€ฆ

 

The President of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), ๐๐š๐›๐š๐๐ข ๐Š๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š, has hailed Leone Rock Metal Group for its continued commitment to the growth and transformation of football in Sierra Leone, following the signing of a new $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ sponsorship deal for the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‹๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž.

Speaking at the official signing ceremony held at the Bintumani Conference Center in Freetown, President Kamara expressed deep appreciation to Leone Rock for what he described as โ€œ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐’๐‹๐…๐€ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ.โ€

The agreement, which marks Leone Rockโ€™s third consecutive sponsorship of the nationโ€™s top-tier league, brings the companyโ€™s total investment in the competition to over $400,000 โ€” from $80,000 in 2023/24, $150,000 in 2024/25, and now $180,000 for the upcoming 2025/26 season.

President Kamara underscored the importance of such partnerships in advancing not only the game but also national unity and youth empowerment. โ€œ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ; ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฏ๐ž๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ž, ๐œ๐จ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐‹๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐œ๐คโ€™๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ€” ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐’๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š ๐‹๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ,โ€ he said.

He further assured that under his administration, every cent of the sponsorship fund will be utilized with transparency and accountability to achieve tangible results. โ€œ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ โ€” ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ,โ€ Kamara added.

The signing ceremony was witnessed by the Minister of Sports ๐Œ๐š๐๐š๐ฆ ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š ๐‰๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ-๐“๐ž๐ข๐ฆ๐š, Deputy Executive Director of the National Sports Authority ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐€๐›๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ซ๐š๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐’๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ฒ, SLFA Vice President 1 ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐’๐š๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ž, Western Area Regional Football Association Chairman ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ค, Acting General Secretary ๐Œ๐จ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ฐ๐จ๐ก, and Premier League Board Chairman ๐Ž๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฒ, among other distinguished guests.

Leone Rock Metal Groupโ€™s Director of General Administration and Human Resources, ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ, reaffirmed the companyโ€™s commitment to supporting football in Sierra Leone, describing the partnership as a shared vision for national development through sports.

The event concluded with the formal signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and a symbolic presentation of the sponsorship cheque to Minister James-Teima, President Kamara, and Chairman Tommy.

The 2025/26 Leone Rock Premier League officially kicks off on Saturday, November 8, 2025.

Credit โ€“ SLFA Media Department

Copyright โ€“Published in Expo Times News on Wednesday, 5th Noverber 2025 (ExpoTimes News โ€“ Expo Media Group (expomediasl.com)ย 

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