The only candidate in the running for the election of the president of the Burkinabè Football Federation, retired Colonel-Major Oumarou Sawadogo, and his campaign team spoke this Thursday with football players from the Central-East region.The candidate and his campaign team explained in detail their **FREE FOOT** project for the development of Burkinabe football, structured around four main axes: improving the governance of Burkinabe football, capacity building actors, the strengthening and maintenance of Burkinabè football infrastructure and equipment, and finally the mobilization and optimal management of resources.At the end of the meeting, EGED Magloire Koudougou, secretary general of the Center-East league, underlined that Oumarou Sawadogo is a candidate who masters the issues linked to Burkinabè football.He affirms that the latter convinced the players in the region with his precision and rigor in his way of doing things.According to him, if Oumarou Sawadogo manages to implement his project, th e ball will roll well on the lawns.The Center-East league will vote for candidate Oumarou Sawadogo, because his program is in line with its concerns.For his part, Oumarou Sawadogo promised to work to bring together and reconcile the players in Burkina Faso football if he is elected on the evening of August 31, even if he recognizes that the expectations of the different players will be numerous.Source: Burkina Information Agency
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