According to an official of the Sports, Culture and Entertainment Committee of the Camp Welfare Council, the National County Meet is part of the Committee’s numerous programs aimed at reunifying Liberian Refugees based in Ghana regardless of the inhumane bitterness Liberians have experienced and continue to experience even at the Refugee camp. Speaking to LiberianSoccer.com Monday, the official hopes that at the climax of the tourney that Liberian refugees would cultivate a high level of communal reverence for each other and get to know that Liberia belongs to every Liberian and not a single tribe or sect.

He emphasized that sports has become a universal unifier in breaking the barriers of prejudice and biases that tend to divide communities. Thus, the official said, the County Meet would bring together all tribes of Liberia at a single venue to reconcile their fury and hatred through sports. The Counties participating in the tourney include: Montserrado, Margibi, Bong, Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, Lofa, Bomi, Gbapolu and Nimba Counties. Others are Grand Gedeh, Sinoe, Grand Kru, Maryland, River-Gee, and Rivercess Counties. The Counties are competing in football, basketball and kickball.

In the opening matches of the football category at the Buduburam football pitch, Grand Gedeh County that has been nicknamed “South Korea” because of their huge number of supporters beat Montserrado County 6-0 before a record crowd of more three to five thousand spectators. Nimba and Lofa Counties settled to a 1-1 score line.