Three among them will be voted Saturday to head the LFA

Friday, 17th March 2006

By D. Webster Cassell

…As Izetta, Siaka In Unpredictable Race Members of the Liberia Football Association, LFA are gathering in the commercial capital of Margibi County, Kakata to witness its 12th ordinary congress and general elections.

     The question as to who becomes the next LFA president has been filtering the city in recent times, but the final battle is expected to be decided tomorrow, when hundreds of the association’s members will visit the poll to elect its new corps of officers. The LFA election has been described to that of the 2005 presidential elections that witnessed the women going against the men.

     This time around, the “Iron Lady” of the Liberia Football Association, Cllr. S. Izetta Wesley will go against her Vice President for Administration, Mr. Siaka A. Sheriff in a battle that is expected to be a very tough and unpredictable one.

    The two aspirants have been outlining their plans for the association and have since committed themselves to vigorous campaigns around the country. Both of them have assured the public that upon their ascendancy to the LFA high post, they will improve football programs in the country.

     For her part, the incumbent Cllr. Wesley disclosed that she wants to be given the chance to run for her own term, so as to complete what she has already started, in order to take the association to the next level. While Mr. Sheriff expressed that the development of football programs in the country is one of his major concern to ascend to the LFA presidency.

     After the pronouncement of the two aspirants’ intensions, several renowned sports personalities in and out of the country have been pledging their unflinching supports for the two candidates, thus giving different reasons each, for supporting either of the aspirants. But the decision to elect the FA new corps of officers has now become the responsibility of the eligible voters who are now preparing to make that remarkable decision, something that will decide the future of the association, either to improve it or to damage it completely.

    In recent time, the former Lone Star players pledged their support for Cllr. Wesley, while members of the former first division Lone Star Players gave their support to Mr. Sheriff. Later on, the former deputy Youth and Sports Minister, Zogar Wilson and Mr. Edward Forson said that they will prefer Mr. Sheriff for the LFA Presidency.

     In a related development, the CEO and president of the Pan African Travel Agency, (PATA), and a sports educator at the British school of Lome, Togo, Mr. Joseph G. Henries late yesterday pledged their support to Cllr. Wesley for the LFA presidency.

    The two sports enthusiasts point out that despite the fact they do not have a voting right.