Dear Editor,
Administration remains the most important aspect in a sport, despite being the most thankless. Mr Ivan Persaud, 3rd Vice President of the GFF, issued a call for Mr Matthias to resign as president, according to your newspaper of February 6. Why is it that up till now he cannot access information from his contacts in CONCACAF, FIFA and the Mexican Football Federation about the purported US$1.2M the previous GFF executive received for forfeiting its rights as a host in the World Cup qualifier, Guyana v Mexico? Why is it after nine months the forensic audit of the GFF’s finances cannot be made public? By the way, what is the amount of the current GFF’s debt? It definitely didn’t make any sense to increase the stipends of the executive, and continue to have an office functioning in a non-productive association.
In addition there is the placing of the responsibility for the construction of the FIFA funded training facility at Leonora in the hands of a committee member, who over the years has done nothing meaningful to transform his own club ground. The individual’s allowance for a considerable travelling distance could have been significantly reduced if the responsibility had been placed in the hands of the former 1st Vice President, who apart from being eminently qualified in engineering, is strategically located at the Demerara Harbour Bridge, as the General Manager. It simply doesn’t make dollars and ‘sense.’
Local football is plagued with underdevelopment, while Mr Matthias is fiddling with autocratic, dictatorial and unconstitutional policies much to the detriment of the sport. How many, if any members of the General Council are prepared to press for the convening of an emergency General Council meeting to deal with the accusations?
Yours faithfully,
Lester Sealey
