The President of the Liberia Football Association (LFA) Mustapha I. Raji has maintained that he still does not take any honorarium from the LFA contrary to claims by critics.
“I am not rich, I am poor, the LFA also can’t pay me and I came to the LFA to serve football,” he emphasized.
Responding to a question from a sport Journalist, the LFA boss challenged anyone to show record or prove if he is or has taken honorarium since 2018, “if anyone shows prove, I will resigned now,” he noted.
Raji told Sports Journalists that he personally fuel his current vehicle and the LFA does not give him money for the vehicles he rides.
According to him, his focus is to ensure that Football is developed and improved for the betterment of the sector.
Speaking about the National Team of which the LFA is the official caretaker, he disclosed that they continue to experience financial challenges in supporting the team but the goal of the LFA is to ensure that the National team qualifies for the 2025 Nation’s Cup.
He stressed that they as technicians at the LFA are working on other programs and activities to help improve the game especially the gifted talents of Liberia.
Providing clarity on Solomon Mudege, a Zimbabwean, Raji disclosed that Mudege is a FIFA buddy, he has been working with Liberia’s football development and women football development over the past years since Musa Bility’s time, he added. “Mudege works with FIFA, he sits at Paris,” President Raji further clarified.
He wants Liberians to focus their attention, direction and energy on football development for the common good of the sector.
“People who spill such misinformation do not know much about football and its development,” he said.
According to him, he is focused and can’t be distracted and he remains committed to develop football adding, “I am a tough nut to crack.”
President Raji at the same time, called for collective approach in order to help improve the game. “At the LFA, all is not 100%, but we are doing well to make it better in the sector,” he noted.
President Raji spoke Tuesday, July 2, 2024 during a day long media engagement with members of the Sports Writers Association of Liberia (SWAL) at the Headquarters of the LFA in the Swankamore Community in Congo Town.
