By S. Siapha Mulbah
The Liberian youth women football program for the Under-17 level have become attractive to humanitarian gestures and public donations immediately after the FA announcement that the government of Liberia through the ministry of youth and Sports have neglected the team supportively.
In a recent statement made by the president of the Liberia football Association, Mustapha Raji, he noted that the women teams on the youth basis have been seriously constrained in terms of management and participation in regional and other competition because of the government reported failure to make available resources to enhance their activities.
Following the statement made on record at the recent extraordinary congress of the football association, some of the team interests have been responded to by some humanitarians and prominent citizens aiming to buttress the football house effort in making the girls prepared enough to take on their upcoming fixture against Nigeria in the Women Under 17 world cup qualifiers.
Raji said the government have only been able to take total ownership of the senior national teams and some few youth teams mainly in the men category.
Despite claiming to be taking ownership, the senior national team is still in the midst of serious challenges as the country gears to go into a double header in next month.
As a way to settle some of the burden on the team women Under-17 ahead of their fixture versus Nigeria on June 9, 2024 businessman Benoni Urey, Dr. Thomas Nemene Tweh of the OCM movement along with some others have identified with the team in some meaningful ways.
Liberian businessman Benoni Urey donated U$1,000 to the Team on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at the George Weah Technical Center in Carreysburg at the team camping venue.
Making the presentation of cash, Urey expressed excitement in seeing young girls teaming together to with a focus mind on achieving better for themselves and country instead of abusing drugs or alcohol.
He praised and congratulated the team for eliminating Senegal to advance to the next round of the qualifiers and wished them all the best in their upcoming matches especially the one against Nigeria in at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex.
Benita Urey who is a football administrator and former player using the occasion of escorting her father to the camp of the team pledged an additional U$1,000 as a winning bonus for the first leg scheduled for June 9 of this year in Paynesville.
The day before the Urey family identified with the team the football house saw the arrival of the Original Country Man Movement of Dr. Thomas Nimene Tweh making some response to the girls.
Dr. Tweh and his OCM movement donated L$200,000 and 25 bags of rice as a contribution to the girls’ preparation to enhance their fitness for the future.
Donating the cash and items to the women team, Tonia Gibson the representative of the OCM team revealed that the Chief executive officer of the movement saw the potential and ability of the U-17 team and got touched to respond to their need.
