LISCR FC
President,
Mustapha
Raji, has
reiteated
his quest to
the
Executive
Committee
members of
the Liberia
Football
Association
to
relinquish
their US$
400.00
honorarium
to local
clubs.
Mr. Raji
told
reporters
recently
that the way
authorities
at the local
football
house were
running the
country’s
soccer
program,
which is
faced with
host of
problems,
proved that
the US$400
allotted to
the
executives
every
six-month is
a waste.
According to
him, LFA
executives
were yet to
understand
the
frustration
club
presidents
endure in
running
their
various
clubs. He
said the
executive
committee
members were
more
concerned of
their
personal
interest
rather than
seeking the
welfare of
the teams.
He expressed
disappointment
over recent
report that
the LFA Vice
President
for
Administration,
Pennoh
Bestman, was
accused of
attacking
the Vice
President
for
Operation,
Adolph
Lawrence.
“It sounds
so
frustrating
and
discouraging
that people
who were
given the
responsibility
to manage
affairs of
football in
the country
were
involved in
serious
conflict
while other
countries on
the
continent
were moving
far ahead
with their
football
programs”,
he pointed
out.
He said the
provision of
“honorarium”
for
officials is
a complete
disservice
to the
clubs. “Let
the amount
be given to
the teams
for
empowerment,
since the
executives
were yet to
understand
what it
means to run
football
teams”, he
noted.
The LISCR FC
President,
who is also
an executive
committee
member of
the LFA,
further
indicated
that he was
prepared to
join other
club
presidents
in the
country to
boycott the
national
league next
season if
the FA
authorities
failed to
put their
house in
order.
His comment
was also
buttressed
by the
female clubs
President
Wallace
Weiah. Mr.
Weiah said
the plan was
in the right
direction
toward the
development
of the game
in the
country.
He said the
call for the
US$400
cancellation
honorarium
is
significant
since the
executive
committee
members seem
to show less
interest in
addressing
the plight
of local
teams.
In a recent
meeting held
with
stakeholders,
the Vice
President
for
Operation of
the Liberia
Football
Association,
Adolph
Lawrence,
admitted
that the
football
house was
engulfed
with host of
problems
that have
impeded
progress of
football in
the country.