By: Julius Konton
Following series of engagements by the Liberia Football Association (LFA), and county authorities, the county will now have its own sport stadium; this disclosure was made by the County Superintendent William Kamba.
Speaking at a one day stakeholders engagement with an eight man delegation of the Liberia Football Association, Superintendent Kamba stressed that the County already has a designated land site with all of the legal documents to ensure the commencement of the project.
He disclosed further that a 50 acres of land with the appropriate legal documents that have been probated are available, noting that the people are in high gear along with the local officials to make history.
This one day event was held recently in Voinjama City, Lofa County and present was among other things engineered by the Lofa County Steering Committee Chair, Momo Cyrus.
Speaking at the engagement Mr. Cyrus thanked the LFA delegation for the interaction with his people relative to the development of sports infrastructure within the County.
He said Lofa has talents and it is now time to support the talents of the youths of the County.
The passionate sports executive who hailed Superintendent Kamba for his hard work and cooperation to ensure the County moves forward in terms of Sports and unity also stated that the construction of the stadium will be a turning point in the promotion and development of sports within Lofa County.
“Our people will benefit from this stadium, jobs will be created and new talents will be discovered, let’s embrace this good initiative”, Cyrus urged his people.
“Even though the engagement with the LFA is just the first and many steps ahead of the Stadium construction but Mr. Cyrus commended all the local leaders and the citizens for their willingness showed towards initial discussions leading towards the project commencement”, he noted.
He at the same time encourage his people to take advantage of the opportunity and work as one family and team in order to ensure the commencement of the project.
In response, the President of the Liberia Football Association, Mustapha Raji appreciated the LFA Sub Committee in the County for gradually improving the games across Lofa County.
“Unlike before, we now have the local leagues played in Zorzor, Kolahun, Foya and other places in Lofa, This is laudable”, he added.
According to President Raji, the construction of stadiums by the LFA across the Country is part of the decentralization plans of the Football House.
“We are improving on infrastructures in the sector and this is the best way to go to help enhance the raw talents of our young people”, he told the gathering.
The LFA boss who hailed local authorities in Lofa for the cooperation leading towards the stadium project also stated that the engagement is just the first of many steps before the main execution of the project.
“We have a long way to go, the process is very long and we have to ensure that we complete all of them properly before we can begin but the initial willingness by the local leaders and the people in general is commendable ” , he added.
As part of the processes ahead of stadium construction, President Raji explained to the officials of Lofa that there will be a twenty five years lease agreement , deeded and probated documents to be display, soil test to be done by the technicians, memorandum of understanding (MOU) to be signed between the LFA and County officials among other technical issues before the project can take into effect.
However, he was also quick to point out the deplorable roads leading towards the project site as a major challenge that will hinder the project but with the discussions among the local and County officials and the LFA things , can be worked on, he noted.
As a sign of starting on a good note, President Raji presented football materials to the local officials of the County as Superintendent Kamba in a smiling mood appreciated the gesture of the LFA.
Meanwhile, the stakeholders’ engagement ended with the touring of the project site, the Voinjama Sports stadium by Liberia Football Association delegation and all local leaders of the County including Superintendent Kamba.
Touring the field , Mr. Raji said more work needs to be done at that facility but they will send in some experts to begin the process soon as the local officials of the County pledged their support to help work along with the team to get the job done.
” If you are ready today, our people including me , we are ready, we will roll our sleeves in a join effort to see that we also have our own stadium like other Counties , Supt. Kamba further indicated.
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