DITIRIO Cancels Sponsorship Deal With LFA - December 4th 2006

        Chief Executive Officer of DITIRIO-Liberia office, Steve Davis

There are reports that the South African Sports Firm, DITIRIO has cancelled its sponsorship deal with the Liberia Football Association (LFA). According to the report, DITIRIO cancelled the agreement due to what the group called lack of corporation from the LFA.

Under the agreement, DITIRIO was to provide training equipments and other technical support to the various national teams, but some LFA officials said, DITIRIO was not living up to the term of the contract. A local club president, in a recent interview, said, they were not seeing the support from DITIRIO to the national teams and therefore, they wanted explanation about the contract.

The LFA Vice President for Operation, Adolphus Lawrence, said, his office had no knowledge about the contract. Mr. Lawrence said only the Vice President for Administration and the FA President had idea about materials and other assistants given the Football Association.

A document for the cancellation of the deal between DITIRIO and LFA has been submitted to the Liberia Football Association. The local football house is expected to give its reaction to DITIRIO’s decision