10/12/2025
NSA Boss Makes A Tremendous Efforts In Office with Remarkable Achievements.
The Executive Director of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Dr. Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai Esq is marking a tremendous efforts in office with remarkable achievements, touching all aspects of sports development.
Asssumed office on April 15, 2024, the learned lawyer, lecturer, activist, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and sports administrator came to the fore with the clear vision of making sport bigger, better, employable, and attractive to the youths who make up the vast majority of the Sierra Leonean population.
Among his tens and tens of enviable accomplishments are:
1. Enhanced the capacity of his staff on Anti-doping in China
2. Increased sports participation across the country
3. Posted staffers to all the local councils across the country to roll out sports programs
4. Conducted preliminary sports facility assessment tour in the regions and embarked on the improvement of the Bo Stadium as an immediate action
5. Ensured the monthly payment of Leone Stars coaches instead of the initial quarterly payment
6. Established partnerships with local and international institutions for sports development in the country
7. Recruited ten law graduates who drafted three regulations: Sports Development Foundation, Anti-doping, and Persons of Trust to support key implementations
8. Renovated the Bo Stadium, including fixing the grass from its deplorable condition to full green pitch
9. Facilitated the African Traditional Games and Sports to be taught in the universities and disbursed an initial amount of $11,000 to boost the effort
10. Provided return air tickets for Bo Rangers and East End Lions Football Clubs to participate in CAF club competitions
11. Facilitated the re-play of the FA Cup final between Bo Rangers and East End Lions
12. Embarked on a nationwide campaign to eradicate kush and other harmful substances among the youths
13. Led efforts in the resolving of the Premier Leag