Farko Backs
Izetta
-Lofa
Chairman Follows Suit
Joseph H. Farkollie
The second term candidacy of Cllr. Sombo Izetta Wesley has been given
a major boost following a declaration of support by renowned sports
promoter Joseph H. Farkollie. He made it emphatically clear that the
reigning President of the Liberia Football Association (LFA) should
stay on.
Mr. Farkollie is also a candidate for the position of Vice President
for Operations of the LFA and President of the Promoters of Liberian
Athletes (PROLA). He will go against the incumbent Adolph Lawrence
(popularly known as the Virus In LFA) and Mr. Alfred Sayon, Vice
President for Operations-elect of Invincible Eleven (IE).
In his statement of support, Mr. Farkollie described Cllr. Wesley as
one of the foremost sports personalities Liberia has to boast of. "You
will notice that Madam Wesley is among the first five sports
personalities in the country," he said.
According to Mr. Farkollie, the current LFA President has the
requisite educational credentials at her advantage and is a person who
has dedicated most of her time, energy and activities towards the game
of football.
"I worked together with Madam Wesley at IE for many years and saw her
ability to perform. So, I will support her. She must be commended for
being so committed to football even though she is a lawyer," indicated
the President of PROLA.
He then attributed the problems at the LFA to the failure by some
stakeholders to work with Cllr. Wesley all because she defeated their
candidate Siaka A. Sheriff in the election of 2006.
The candidate for LFA Vice President for Operations assured voters
that upon his ascendancy he would support programs of Cllr. Wesley
that fall within the rules of the game.
Mr. Farkollie added that the downward trend Liberian football faces
today is a result of the long running civil war that affected all
aspects of the country's society.
"The present LFA leadership could not succeed in the midst of
problems. Therefore, the problem was never Cllr. Wesley, but those who
believe that once they are not at the helm of power no one should
succeed at all," he noted.
The PROLA boss admonished stakeholders to come together and forge
ahead. He wants them to look at the candidates on the basis of their
track record and not by their financial status. He advised
stakeholders to be mindful of proxy candidates who are running to
execute the hidden agenda and have sinister motives. "Some of these
people have been roaming the corridors of football for the past four
years and but failed to do anything but to cause chaos and anarchism."
Also confirming support for Cllr. Wesley is the Chairman of the Lofa
County Sub-Association of the LFA.
Mr. Harris Kennedy, who is the lone contender for the position of
Executive Committee Member of the LFA Sub-Associations, admonished Mr.
Bility and the other contender George Wah Williams to work along with
Madam Wesley upon securing her second term as President of the LFA.
According to Mr. Kennedy, since knowing Mr. Wesley in 1998, she has
exhibited high sense of responsibility, efficiency and maturity in the
performance of her duties. He said the Cllr. Wesley he knows is a
woman of substance and dynamism in handing issues.
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