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County Meet For 2005
By Julu M. Johnson, Jr.
It appears that the 2005 National County Meet will not take place in
Monrovia.
The National County sport meet almost started last month after it was
resurrected last year and
eventually won by Sinoe and Gbapolu in kickball and football
respectively.
However, the idea of holding the County Meet this year was abandoned
after Superintendents of
the various counties threatened to stop their teams from participating
after they alleged being
neglected by government.
The Director of Sports of Liberia, Navarro M. Saykie could not confirm
or deny whether the
tournament will take place this year. Yet, he expressed doubt about
the holding of the festival
after a long delay.
He said a coordinator of the County Meet at the Internal Affairs
Ministry has promised to settle
the matter of a plan to boycott the County Meet with the
Superintendents and then inform the
Ministry of Youth and Sports.
Since then, Mr. Saykie, who is the chief organizer for this year’s
event, said the Sports Ministry has yet to receive any word from the
Internal Affairs Ministry even though there are reports that some of
the demands of the Superintendents have already been met by
government, with the issuance of vehicles to the county officials.
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