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President Suluhu happy to watch Simba SC defeat Power Dynamos
President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan has praised Simba SC for the good display when they beat visiting Power Dynamos 2-0 in an international friendly played on Sunday.
New signing Willy Onana and Fabrice Ngoma netted the goals against the Zambian Premier League champions in the match played at Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es salaam.
The match watched by thousands of fans and graced by the Tanzanian President who took time off her busy schedule was also the climax of Simba Day.
” Thank you Simba for inviting me to participate with you in your important day today. Congratulations on a great day. Congratulations to you for continuing to promote the tourism of our country by delivering a bag to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. Sports bring us together, give us entertainment, and maintain peace and stability, but they also play a role in developing our country’s economy, ” said the President.
She made it clear that part from Government continuing to invest in sports, she also called upon the private sector to do so. ” Our country has a good environment for doing business, and sports is one of the most important investment areas, ” she added.
President Suluhu Hassan said she will continue to buy every goal scored by Tanzanian teams in International competition. ” My passionate commitment to buy every goal in international competition will continue, ” she added.
In the 2022/2023 season the President paid for every goal that the two top Tanzanian sides Simba SC and Young Africans SC scored starting in the group stage of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup respectively.