Ouagadougou: Retired Colonel-Major Oumarou Sawadogo will present his candidacy for the election of the president of the Burkinabè Football Federation (FBF) on behalf of the Sports Union of the Armed Forces (USFA), announced the military club in a press release sent to the AIB.'As part of the upcoming elections for the presidency of the Burkinabè Football Federation (FBF), the Sports Union of the Armed Forces has the honor to inform public opinion that it will present a candidate in the person of Colonel-Retired Major Oumarou Sawadogo,' announced the USFA press release.The military team specifies that its candidate is 'carrier of an ambitious project for the development of Burkinabè football', adding that it 'will undertake consultations in the coming days with the districts, leagues and clubs of our football in order to obtain more membership around this candidacy.Oumarou Sawadogo is a former central director of the army sports service. He was also president of the USFA Executive Committee for 5 years.T his is not the first time that a Burkinabe army officer has run for the presidency of the FBF. Colonel Souley Mohamed, Colonel (at the time) Nabéré Traoré and Colonel Sita Sangaré chaired the supreme body of Burkinabè football.The election of the president of the FBF is scheduled to take place on August 31.Source: Burkina Information Agency
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