The visit to Sierra Leone of Brazilian Female football icon, Martha Vieira which was deferred, is expected to take place early this week. The five-time FIFA World Player of the Year’s visit to Sierra Leone was scheduled for August 29- 31, that could have coincided with the Eid ul Fitr (end of Ramadan fast of Muslims).
The deferment has been attributed to the closure of airports in New York in the United States caused by the hurricane that hit the country.
Maria is now expected to arrive in Freetown in early September. She will be in Sierra Leone as a Goodwill ambassador of the UN
DP. A statement from the UNDP states that she will participate in a forum with young women’s solidarity and advocacy groups.
She will also participate in a match between Diamond Queens of Kono and Freetown. She will captain Diamond Queens of Kono in the east of the country; while Musu ‘Pele’ Sierra Leone’s most popular female footballer will captain the Freetown side. Martha currently plays for Western New York Flash in the USA. She has scored 80 goals in 72 appearances.
In response to cries of the aged and other vulnerable groups of elders who lack source of income from any pension scheme, the APC government of President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma through the Social Safety Net Secretariat of Ministry of Labour and Social Security at New England Ville, Freetown, is on the verge to soon make payments of allowances to these persons as the verification process comes to an end, according to reliable source in the secretariat.
The 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary elections witnessed a dramatic twist in Sierra Leone political set-up with the removal from power of a ruling party by an opposition party. Berewa’s chances of winning those elections were slim, taking into account the manner in which he was catapulted into the SLP leadership in Makeni.