Dr. Richard Vacanarat Tolbert, who was overwhelmingly elected president last February by the electorate of the Invincible Eleven & Majestic Sports Association (IE&MSA), is challenging other elected officials to continue on the path of unity that brought them to leadership.
“If we continue with the spirit we started with, I am sure we will make it. I know the task ahead is challenging, but I am prepared and I accept it,” Dr. Tolbert assured his elected colleagues and other members of IE&MSA at a luncheon last Saturday at a local restaurant in Monrovia.
Other members of the newly elected leadership include Messrs. Francois Junius, vice president for Administration; Alfred Sayon, vice president for Operation and Technical Services; Jonathan Sogbie, vice president for Fan Clubs; and Momolu V.O. Sirleaf, general secretary. All of them pledged to work cooperatively for the betterment of the Association.
The meeting also highlighted 12 areas the new leadership considers immediate priorities, and set a 100-day deliverable time frame.
A member of the IE&MSA/USA fans association, Abraham Kromah, who made a brief stop at the meeting, assured the Tolbert team that he would inform the US-based fan clubs about the recent development regarding the new officials.
Football bureaucrat Pennoh Bestman, who is currently serving as vice president for Administration under the leadership of Cllr. Izetta Wesley, is urging stakeholders to vote Musa Bility as president of the Liberia Football Association (LFA) for the development and promotion of football in Liberia.
The football administrator told Daily Observer yesterday that the LFA, which has been suffering owing to lack of sponsorship for the past 10 years, a situation that has contributed to the unattractiveness of football in Liberia, needs a business-minded leader like Musa Bility, who will repair the disastrous image of the game.
The former Black Star president and current member of the Board of Directors of Black Star, who has been at the helm of LFA for six years, added that though Izetta Wesley was relatively successful for the past four years, the LFA is in dire need of a business-minded leader who will give the league an international flavor through sponsorship.
Mr. Bestman named the refurbishment of Antoinette Tubman Stadium (ATS), the capacity building of the referees, coaches, administrators and medics and the decentralization of football as some of the pluses of Cllr. Wesley.
MONROVIA – The team of officials elected last Saturday, February 27, to steer the affairs of Invincible Eleven & Majestic Sports Association (IE&MSA), will hold its first victory and honeymoon meeting this Saturday, March 6.
MONROVIA – Former Sports Writers Association of Liberia (SWAL) president, Momolu V.O. Sirleaf, has seriously questioned the ‘commercialization of Liberian football plan’ put forward by Musa Bility, who is seeking the presidency of the Liberia Football Association (LFA) in its ensuing March 20th elections.
MONROVIA – One of the presidential hopefuls in the ensuing Invincible Eleven & Majestic Sports Association (IEMSA) elections, James Madison Tukpah, currently serving as interim president, is urging members to elect him to take IE to another level.
MONROVIA – The organizer for the 2009/2010 County Meet, the Ministry of Youth & Sports, which received and expanded over US$600,000 from the Government of Liberia including US$60,000 from the Lone Star Communication Company as part of a sponsorship deal, has provided a financial report through a one-sheet news release.
MONROVIA – With 29 days to the holding of the much anticipated general elections of the Liberia Football Association (LFA) on Saturday, March 20, names are still emerging for the various posts up for grabs.
MONROVIA – A heavyweight contender for the post of president in the February 27th, Invincible Eleven (IE) & Majestic Sports Association (IE&MSA) elections has described sports as ‘the unifier and mover the nation’.
MONROVIA – The leadership of the Invincible Eleven-Concerned Few is throwing its weight behind Dr. Richard Tolbert, who is said to soon announce his candidacy for the presidency of the Invincible Eleven & Majestic Sports Association (IE&MSA), in the February 27, 2010 elections.
MONROVIA – The Chairman of the Invincible eleven & Majestic Sports Association (IE&MSA) has released a revised calendar of events for its postponed election.
The election which was initially scheduled for January 23, 2009, was postponed to February 27, 2010, due to the passing of Lawrence Manneh Doe, Chairman of IE Board.
