Some football lovers express frustration with Bassa and Bomi protest result
Many football lovers, particularly those from the Bassa ethnic group, have questioned the credibility of the National County Sports.
Many of whom used their various social media pages to vent their angers said the competition has lost the reasons for which it is staged annually.
According to them, the county meet is for peace, reconciliation, and unity, but all have been driven away just to satisfy the wills of politicians.
Their comments followed after they were denied a protest filed by the 2024/2025 National County Sports Meet Grievance and Complaint Committee.

The committee is chaired by Atty. Kollie Dorko, former Secretary General of the Liberia Football Association (LFA) In its unanimous ruling on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, after the hearing, it said the protest is void-ab initio, meaning ‘an action that never had legal effect.’
Grand Bassa recently filed a protest against Bomi County for fielding two ineligible players (Sekou Kamara wearing jersey #22 and Edwin Wainpa-#23) after the final group stage match on Saturday, January 18, 2025.
The committee stated that the protest fee was paid on January 20, 2025, more than six hours after the game was played in violation of article 17, subsection 7.1, of the rules governing the county meet.
Article 17 sub-section 7.1 states, “Protest grievances and complaints from a match must be registered on the match report sheet before, during, and immediately after the match and countersigned by the opposing team’s captain to be followed by a formal letter within six hours during the preliminary rounds and 24 hours from quarter, semis, and grand finals with a fee of twenty (20,000) thousand Liberian dollars.”
The Grievance and Complaint Committee stated that the protest filed by Grand Bassa did not meet the threshold requirement pursuant to article 17, subsection 7.1; as such, even if the matter was to be heard on the merits, Grand Bassa will still not prevail.

The committee also recognized in the ruling that Bomi County featured the two players based on the consent of the organizers, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, as was confirmed during the hearing by the administrator of the MYS portal (player roster).
However, the committee has given Grand Bassa 24 hours to file an appeal of notification of the decision and pay a non-refundable fee of sixty thousand (60,000) Liberian dollars to the organizers.
Meanwhile, the quarterfinals stage of the competition is expected to kick off on Saturday, 25 January, at the SKD.
In the football category, Maryland and Gbarpolu County play at 2 pm, while Lofa and Bong are squaring off in quarterfinal two at 4 pm.
Grand Gedeh and Grand Cape Mount will come face to face in the third quarterfinal on Sunday at 2 pm, while the final quarterfinal match will be between Nimba and Margibi at 4 pm.
The organizers said, due to the poor lighting system at the stadium, absolutely, there is no extra time after the full 90 minutes of play in each match.
Also, the basketball component of the event is expected to take place on Thursday, 23 January, at the SKD GYM in Paynesville City.
Here are the fixtures: Maryland vs. Bomi at 10 am, Bong vs. Grand Bassa at 11 am, Montserrado vs. Margibi at 12 pm, Grand Gedeh vs. Grand Kru at 1 pm, Lofa vs. Gbarpolu at 2 pm, Sinoe vs. Rivercess at 3 pm, and Grand Cape Mount vs. Nimba at 4 pm.