Dear Editor,
The long-awaited GFF elections have come and gone, and a winner has emerged in the form of Mr Wayne Forde and his team.
This was indeed a tough election because it had two formidable teams with eminently qualified individuals competing to lead this most important and popular sport in Guyana. The campaigns are over and there are no losers in this race, if all those individuals were truly genuine in their quest to lead Guyana’s football into a development path.
The work to be done is insurmountable; many wrongs of the past administrations have to be corrected, but most importantly, the positive plans, ideas and vision of the most recent administration should be looked at with some degree of seriousness. There is no need to reinvent the wheel.
Do not construe the words “recent administration” to mean that I am referring to the Normalization Committee; I’m not. All conscious-minded individuals in or out of the football fraternity do thank them for their services but also welcome their exodus.
The first act I believe this new administration should consider is to nullify that secretive undertaking by the NC, namely, the formation of the GFF as a company with a board of directors, along with its bylaws for Guyana’s football. Let the supreme decision-making body of the GFF, its general council, make decisions for football and its development.
Secondly, there should be an audit of all the finances of the GFF under the stewardship of the NC.
Thirdly, the goal project/special project that was being proposed by the Matthias administration and the Normalization Committee to be executed in Linden due to the suitability of the location, soil composition, economic viability and the FIFA representative’s recommendations, should be pursued expeditiously.
In conclusion, Guyana is in dire need of real qualified coaches, and not men who are motivational and philosophical speakers. So special emphasis should be placed on the teachers of the game.
The football landscape in this country will never be the same again; the dark days of the Klass regime will never be allowed to raise their ugly heads again. The Matthias era, though short, can be categorized as the days of enlightenment. Never was the nation so much interested in the affairs of football; never did persons read their constitutions so much and have access to information; this was and is good for the sport. The more persons are informed, the better they will be to make decisions and demand more from their elected leaders.
For football to truly reach its development apex there is need for unity, and men and women of integrity.
On behalf of the Netrockers Football Club and all clubs within the UDFA, I congratulate Mr Wayne Forde and his team.
Yours faithfully,
Jermaine Figueira
President
Netrockers FC
