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bail. FIFA defended the SLFA in a letter, stating, "FIFA has no reason to suspect there has been misuse of funds that FIFA has provided to the SLFA", having audited the SLFA's accounts earlier in the year. In June 2021, after an 8-year stint as president of SLFA Johansen withdraw from an upcoming election, with her reasons being that her new role in the FIFA Council would demand her travelling globally and playing a higher level and more active role as a global ambassador for football and FIFA. She was succeeded as SLFA president by Thomas Daddy Brima on 5 June 2021.
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408:The 47-year old business savvy entrepreneur ...
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366:"FIFA Council Members – FIFA.com"
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154:and the former president of the
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1206:Association football executives
527:"Johansen out to be first lady"
181:Isha Johansen is the owner and
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116:Arne Birger Johansen
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