National Sports Policy Convention Today

 A two-day National Sports Consultative Conference, bringing to the fore stakeholders from across the country, as well as international consultants is expected to be held from Thursday, September 10 to Friday, September 11, 2009 at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Paynesville, outside Monrovia.

The high Level Consultative Forum is organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in juxtaposition with the Sports Advisory Council (SAC), aims to hold discussions that will lead to the formulation of a National Sports Policy Document.

“We believe that the rift that has existed among Liberians for so long can be healed with the provision of a comprehensive sports program.

“A program where everybody participates as equals, where individuals respect one another for their abilities and competence, where there is respect for the rule of law and authority will help go a long way in developing a wholesome functioning society,” Dunstan McCauley, head of SAC told journalists.

“The general objectives of the forum which is expected to lead to the drafting to the first National Sports Policy are to develop a sports program that will develop a healthy Liberian populace and to ensure that Liberians are cognizant of the place of sports in their daily lives.