Safa Bandaraya supports Bung Moktar’s appointment
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Football Association (Safa) Bandaraya have given their full support to Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin’s appointment as Sabah FA acting president.
Safa Bandaraya president, Datuk Alijus Sipil, said Bung Moktar who is also the Deputy Chief Minister-cum-State Works Minister was the right man to lead the state football governing body.
Alijus also believed that Bung Moktar has the capability to bring positive changes to Sabah football.
“Safa Bandaraya will always support any form of development for the betterment of football in the state.
“We will give our strongest cooperation to the acting president of Safa so that all his efforts and plans for the association will be realised,” he said after a visit to the Sukma field near here identified for the state junior football academy TABS to conduct its training programme.
TABS Safa Bandaraya deputy chairman Lokman Sunggim was among those present.
Alijus went on to express his hope that Bung Moktar’s leadership presence within the association would lead to improvement of the sport here thus restore the golden days of Sabah football.
“Good leadership as well as effective management will lead to excellent achievement,” he added.
Meanwhile, Alijus who is also TABS advisor said the football field in Sukma was one of the venues used by the junior football academy to conduct their training.
“Works at the field has been completed and we are just waiting for approval from the government to use it.
“Football development programmes under TABS too will resume once we have the greenlight from the government,” he said.