Africa and the World’s first female football President, Madam Lydia Nsekera will on Friday evening arrive in Freetown to support her compatriot, Madam Isha Johansen and Sierra Leone as the country engages Sudan in a crunch African Cup of Nations encounter on Saturday afternoon.
Madam Nsekera who is a supporter of Madam Johansen’s POWERPLAY dream for Africa women and girls will witness the Leone Stars match and also share time with her Sierra Leonean compatriot.
Madam Nsekera who is a supporter of Madam Johansen’s POWERPLAY dream for Africa women and girls will witness the Leone Stars match and also share time with her Sierra Leonean compatriot.
According to press statement from the Sierra Leone Football Association media department, they have planned a rousing welcome and a cocktail dinner with the football family and the private sector for the 49-year old who was elected football federation president of Burundi in 2004 and went on to become the first woman Executive Committee member of the world football governing body, FIFA.
Born in 1967 in Burundi, she obtained a degree in Economics and Administrative Sciences at the University of Burundi (1992). The sport she practiced before becoming a sports administrator were Basketball and athletics (high jump). She was president of the Burundi Football Federation between 2004 and 2013.
In the male-dominated world of football, and the political minefield that is FIFA, Nsekera became the first woman to get elevated to such heights within FIFA in its 112-year history. Nsekera sits at the highest table of the organization controlling the world’s most popular sport.
She was one of the FIFA representatives at the medal presentations for women’s football at the Games of the Olympiad, Beijing 2008; Nominated by the Bujumbura Mayor as one of the 10 best women workers of 2008; Winner of the IOC Women and Sport Award (2009) among many other awards.
Born in 1967 in Burundi, she obtained a degree in Economics and Administrative Sciences at the University of Burundi (1992). The sport she practiced before becoming a sports administrator were Basketball and athletics (high jump). She was president of the Burundi Football Federation between 2004 and 2013.
In the male-dominated world of football, and the political minefield that is FIFA, Nsekera became the first woman to get elevated to such heights within FIFA in its 112-year history. Nsekera sits at the highest table of the organization controlling the world’s most popular sport.
She was one of the FIFA representatives at the medal presentations for women’s football at the Games of the Olympiad, Beijing 2008; Nominated by the Bujumbura Mayor as one of the 10 best women workers of 2008; Winner of the IOC Women and Sport Award (2009) among many other awards.
By: Sahr Morris Jr.
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