By Desmond Tunde Coker
The Western Area Football Association membership has on Friday, June 30th, 2023 re-elected Pastor Phillip Buck as their Chairman for a second term of four years. The election was held at the Senior Police Officers Mess, at Kingtom in Freetown.
The election was held after the incumbent’s four-year mandate expired, making it necessary for it to be renewed, which the Chairman of the Congress, Mr. Abdul Richard Mansaray Esq. explained to the press. He furthered that according to the guidelines set by Western Area Football Association (WAFA), some applicants sent in their applications late, while others did not meet the requirement set by WAFA that they should obtain police clearances to show that they did not have any criminal records, which some of them could not produce because they never had it and we’re disqualified for that reason. The following were elected into office.
WAFA Executive 2023 -2026
Pastor Phillip Buck declared as Chairman of WAFA
Hon Issa Oye Koroma declared Vice Chairman of WAFA
Mrs. Habi Bangura declared Ex-Officio 1 WAFA
Abu Manley Conteh declared Ex-Officio 2 WAFA
Abdul Aziz Jalloh declared Ex-Officio 3 WAFA
Agustine Kambo has been declared as Treasurer of WAFA
Other regions also had done similar in getting their executives that will run the affairs of football at the regional level for the next four years.
Speaking to Premier News after the elections President-elect Pastor Phillip Buck thanked members for reposing confidence in him for another four years. “Indeed, as an Association, I am calling on everyone to come on board to make this Association an enviable one and to expedite more goodies. I am looking forward to a fruitful year ahead in the football administration with other constituent members,” he said. When asked about those who had been disqualified he told this newspaper that he will send an olive branch to see how best all of them would work towards building a better WAFA.