{"id":38669,"date":"2025-08-14T15:36:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=38669"},"modified":"2025-08-14T15:36:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:36:27","slug":"ssff-president-visits-rumbek-vows-to-modernize-sports-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/ssff-president-visits-rumbek-vows-to-modernize-sports-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"SSFF president visits Rumbek, vows to modernize sports sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38670\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38670\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sports-300x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sports-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sports-768x713.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sports.jpg 894w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SSFF president Augustino Maduot Parek (L) met Lakes State governor, Rin Tueny Mabor in Rumbek on Wednesday August 13th, 2025 | Courtey Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>By Alan Clement<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The President of South Sudan Football Federation (SSFF), Augustino Maduot Parek, has met governor Rin Tueny Mabor in Rumbek with the aim of advancing football development initiatives in Lakes State.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the two leaders focused their discussions on the progress of the Technical Development Centre established in Rumbek and discussed strategies to enhance youth football and strengthen both state and national competitions. The meeting broadly explored areas of cooperation to advance the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Rin lauded the SSFF President for his leadership in stabilizing national teams and promoting grassroots football as a unifying force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Maduot has played a vital role in improving national competitions and using football to unite communities,\u201d Governor Rin said outlining his support for Maduot\u2019s vision expecting to see similar progress in the next phase of his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>President Maduot, in turn, commended the Governor\u2019s leadership for fostering peace and stability in the state. \u201cThe SSFF remains committed to promoting peace and unity through football,\u201d he said, adding that his administration\u2019s agenda prioritizes football infrastructure development.<\/p>\n<p>President Maduot was accompanied by members of the SSFF Executive Committee and the federation\u2019s secretariat.<\/p>\n<p>The Rumbek Technical Development Centre, a flagship initiative of SSFF, is expected to play a pivotal role in nurturing young talent and expanding access to professional training facilities in Lakes State.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alan Clement The President of South Sudan Football Federation (SSFF), Augustino Maduot Parek, has met governor Rin Tueny Mabor in Rumbek with the aim of advancing football development initiatives in Lakes State. During the meeting, the two leaders focused their discussions on the progress of the Technical Development Centre<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/ssff-president-visits-rumbek-vows-to-modernize-sports-sector\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":38670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sports.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38671,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38669\/revisions\/38671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}