LFA not aware of
CAF draw
Written by Anthony A. Stephens
The Liberia Football Association says it has not received official
information from CAF regarding the exclusion of the country’s
representatives from its competitions.
CAF is the Confederation of African Football.
The group in its recently released fixtures did not pair Premier
league champions Mighty Barrolle and Knockout Champions Barrack Young
Controllers into the group stages of both its champion’s league and
the African Confederation Cup.
LFA Deputy Secretary General for Technical Affairs Benedict Yarsiah
told Star Sport his group forwarded the name of league Champions
Mighty Barrolle to CAF for registration into the Champions league.
Mr. Yarsiah said the name of BYC was not forwarded to the Aftican
football governing body for adminantence into its Confideration Cup
due to the failure of the club to register for the event.
But the club President Sekou Konneh said he received misinformation
from the secretarit of the LFA regarding the participation of his team
into the competition.
Mr. Konneh said he was ealier told by the secretarit of the FA that
his club would have participated in the WAFU (West African Football
Union) Competition.
He said the latest development poeses serious embarrassment to the
club but however asured fans and symphtizers of the Dark Horses that
all was being done to ensure their team showcase at the Conferderation
Cup.
Star Sport has understood that CAF’s decision was based on the failure
of LFA to settle its arears in the tune of over twelve thousand United
States Dollars (12,000.00).
Mr. Benedict Yarsiah confirmed the information and said discussions
were being held with the Minsitry of Youth and Sports to settle the
debt.
The LFA Deputy Secretary General for Technical Affairs said a huge
potion of the debt was the remaitance of CAF share for the 2010 World
Cup and Nation’s Cup qualifiers.
The LFA was given two warning letters; one in September and the other
in November to settle its arears with CAF before the action was taken
but didn’t pay any attention to them.
Many football fans have termed the news of the exclusion of the
country’s representatives from the CAF competitions as a serious
setback to football development in the country.
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