SEVEREAL critical issues are to be discussed on Saturday when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) holds its Congress in the Boardroom, Dadanawa Street, Campbellville, from 10:00hrs.

Speaking to Chronicle Sport yesterday, GFF’s president Christopher Matthias said among the issues to be discussed is a no-confidence motion filed by former GFF executives against him.
Another major issue is the nomination and election of Presidential Adviser on Empowerment, Odinga Lumumba, as a vice-president of the GFF.
Matthias who has been heading the GFF for just about a year said he thinks he has been doing a reasonable job as president since being installed in that position.
Matthias had previously told Chronicle Sport that when he took over as president of the GFF, the Federation was indebted by around $25M and over the past year he has been able to reduce that amount significantly.
“Some persons and businesses that the Federation had owed monies when I took over were surprised when they received their monies from my administration,” Matthias had stated.
He had said these entities included airlines, hotels and caterers and this caused him to have the Federation’s accounts audited by the Ram and McRae firm.
According to Matthias, the 2011/2012 audited report of the Federation’s finances has been completed by Ram and McRae and this will be an issue for discussion and deliberation, come Saturday.
Other issues to be discussed are the technical and tactical development of the sport locally as well as the administrative development and the GOAL project.
The GFF had applied for a 10-acre piece of land in Leonora, West Demerara for its GOAL project which is being funded by football’s world governing body FIFA.
The 10-acre piece of land according to Matthias will house dormitories, a kitchen, dining area, a lecture hall and a training facility.
The proposed site is behind the synthetic track that is almost completed, but works on the stands, car park and washroom facilities are currently under way.
When completed, the centre of the track will have an international size football field which the GFF will use for the hosting of international matches.
That apart, the Matthias administration will be in receipt of approximately $100M compliments of FIFA.
This fund will come after the Brazil 2014 world cup and would go towards the development of football in Guyana.
Recently, Matthias told Chronicle Sport the money would be disbursed to each of its affiliates for them to develop the sport in their communities.
He had said he wants to give each of the affiliates at least 10 balls, one set of playing uniforms and a minibus.
Matthias said his intention is to give each association a bus to transport their players to matches as well as being used as a form of income – transporting members of the public from their respective communities.