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For Niger Match On
Saturday:
Lone Star's Budget is Before Finance Ministry
-Says MYS Boss
The NEWS (Monrovia)
October 9, 2002
Siebo D. Williams
Monrovia
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Max Dennis has disclosed that the budget
for the Liberia versus Niger match is before the Finance Ministry.
He made the disclosure yesterday in a television conversation with our
Sports Desk. The Minister's statement was prompted by a report in our
yesterday's edition that he would only seek the Chief Patron of Sports
personal financing of the game.
Minister Dennis said after the LFA submitted the budget, his staff did the
usual scrutiny and made the necessary adjustments before forwarding same to
the Finance Ministry for disbursement.
"The Finance Minister is aware of the budget, as well as the Chief Patron of
Sports," he added.
Quizzed whether he ever told any official of the LFA that he would only seek
the President's personal funding for the game, Minister Dennis said he has
not met any official telling them that. "All that I told my staff at the
Ministry is that with the present economic situation in the country, I think
the President will have to intervene personally in ensuring that funds
needed for the game are secured," he said.
Concluding, the MYS outspoken boss said his Ministry knows exactly what is
needed to be done in terms of securing funds for the Lone Star as far as
scrutinizing the budget and submitting it to the Finance Ministry is
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