Upper East Regional Football Association chairman aspirant, Salifu Shaibu Zida is confident on retaining his seat in the upcoming Ghana Football Association elections slated for 18 October 2019..
Salifu Zida hopes to effect changes during his second tenure when re-elected as Upper East Regional FA boss.
“I am contesting again because I love football .Football is my passion and I believe I still I have the capacity to serve my people. I have been able to support the some of the teams financially. I promised the region of premiership which I did. I don’t have failures”, he told Happy Sports.
Salifu explained that the Upper East lacks football pitches due to government’s inability to provide the region with those facilities and the Regional Football Association can’t be blamed as a result.
“That’s the work of the government not me as a RFA chairman so I didn’t fail the people of the Upper East Region”.
He also revealed that there was a petition against him when he went for the vetting.
“I was really surprised when I had a petition against me during vetting. I was saddened by the fact that people are saying there’s a conflict of interest in me sponsoring the clubs.
He further said, he will help provide some resources for the teams in the region when given another chance.
“I will help provide training and playing pitch even if it means digging the money from my own pocket to do it”.
