ALPHA United president Odinga Lumumba was the first yesterday to sign a petition he started for the Guyana Football Federation/Georgetown Football Association Impasse and was supported by his club’s vice-president Steve Ninvalle.The angered Lumumba, who has been on the case for some time, revealed this weapon in his arsenal earlier last week and noted that the response has been overwhelming since it was issued.Lumumba also made an appeal to the private entities that have supported these two bodies during the impasse to come together for the betterment of the sport and sign the petition. The Alpha United boss is aiming at about ten thousand supporters.
Since last week “we have taken a stand to start a petition drive in order to see if we can rectify the whole rattling that’s going on in football in Guyana”.
These two bodies have been wrangling for over two years and the issue does not seem to have an end in sight.
The petition reads, “We, the members of the football fraternity in Guyana, spearheaded by Odinga Lumumba, are calling for a speedy resolution to the impasse between the Guyana Football Federation and the Georgetown Football Association.”
It continued, “The impasse has not only impacted negatively on the development of football in Guyana, but also painted a far from impressive picture of our football administrators’ ability to compromise and lead.”
The final two lines read, “By signing this petition, we call on the two parties to reach a solution on or before December 31, 2012 or we will be forced to create a third alliance in the interest of and development of football. We will continue to update FIFA, CONCACAF and the Caribbean Football Union on developments related to this issue.”