As
part of their drive towards consolidating the gains made in the development of
football in the past few years, the President and Executive Committee of The
Gambia Football Federation has appointed Mr Pap Saine as Media Adviser to the
Federation.
The
appointment of Mr Saine, who has more than three decades experience working in
the media, sports and football in particular, is in line with article 46.2 of
the GFF Constitution.
He
has in the past served as a Media Officer for the Confederation of African
Football and has encyclopedic knowledge of the African game.
Mr
Saine, the Honorary Life President of the Sports Journalist Association of The
Gambia, was awarded the Johann Philipp Palm Award in 2006.
The
award is named for a bookseller executed by Napoleon, and recognizes
individuals who are “of outstanding prominence in the promotion of freedom of
opinion and the press”.
In
2010, Mr Saine was named a World Press Freedom Hero by the International Press
Institute.
He
is the third West African to have won the title, following Kenneth Best
(Liberia) and Freedom Neruda (Côte d’Ivoire).
According
to the GFF President Lamin Kabba Bajo, the appointment of Mr Saine to this very
important position is as a result of his great expertise, contribution and
support to football development in The Gambia.
Bajo
congratulated Mr Saine for accepting the offer to serve in his administration.
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