–Says Cassell Kuoh
Former Liberia Football Association (LFA) Vice President for Operation, Cassell Anthony Kuoh, says his quest for the country’s football presidency is to rescue football and restore Liberia’s image on the world stage.
Kuoh said this on Saturday, May 25, 2024 when he appeared as a guest on Freedom FM Sports. He claimedthat Liberian football is taking a downward path under the administration of Mustapha Raji. He alleged the presence of Raji, as President of LFA, has damaged the country number-one sport.
“Fellow football stakeholders and Liberians, I have come to you with a message of rescue and renewal of the beautiful game we all love,” he told listeners following the show by radio and social media.
“When I was in jail a few months ago my focus was, and has always been, on one agenda of improving our football—from where it was during my days as VPO,” Kuoh told his radio and social media audience.
He noted that he is on record as being one of those whobrought change to the league when he ran FC Fassell.
He argued that “the perennial problem of the country’sfootball is mainly triggered by greed, the lack of sound and honest leadership, and people with no vision to take football to another level”.
The FC Kallon-Liberia Chief Executive Officer said he has a mission, and that mission is to ensure that the lost image of football in Liberia is restored.
He alleged that the current LFA boss lacks vision to lobby for more and better sponsorships for the league.
“You can’t be with one sponsor for many years and they are giving you US$200,000 as sponsorship. This must be a joke,” he said.
The businessman has also promised to improve the state of the league and the national teams if he is elected president of the Liberia Football Association (LFA).
“I will make sure that we invest hugely in the league so that Liberians can once again return to the respective pitches to watch their clubs and national teams in a happy mood,” he voiced.
”I want the congressmen to vote for me to become the new president of the FA in 2026, and after that your will see the massive improvement of our clubs and national teams,” Kuoh maintained.
He promised that his leadership at the FA, in its first four years, will ensure that each club receives US$50,000 as subvention, and the money will be increased to US$75,000 during his next four years.
meanwhile, Kuoh has promised to pay a visit in the coming days to the camp of the Women Under-17 national team, ahead of their fourth-round World Cup qualifier against Nigeria on June 9, 2024. He did not disclose the reason behind his planned visitation to the team’s camp.
