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By Edwin Dolo
Sports Steering Committee Chairpersons of the 15 Counties have threatened a mass protest action against the Sports Ministry if the Ministry fails to reimburse the expenses incurred by the counties before the postponement of the annual tournament.
At a news conference on Tuesday, the group said the postponement was untimely and embarrassing owing to the huge expenses counties made up to the eve of the games.
Reading the statement, Bomi County Sports Steering Committee Chairman, Abdul Kanneh said counties spent thousands of US dollars to sign players, book hotels, buy materials and as well paid players just to be told that the tournament has been postponed hours to its kick off.
Abdul Kanneh added that majority of the monies spent by the counties were outsourced from credits and loans with interest hoping to have settled them after the disbursement of the preparation funds by the Sports Ministry.
The County Sports Steering Committee Chairperson’s statement further called on Minister Zeogar Wilson to use the money received from the sponsors to settle their debt.
The statement which the Chairpersons said is backed by their respective Superintendents is also calling on the transitional team to take due cognizance and intervene quickly.
The Sports Ministry received eighty thousands US dollars from Accelor Mital as sponsorship package, forty thousands from Orange Liberia, and over 85 sets of jerseys from APM Terminal.
While the government of Liberia allocated 150,000 US dollars for the tournament.
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