With the news that CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani is due tomorrow, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has announced plans to increase its funding to the sub associations.
According to a press release from the GFF, plans are afoot to provide extra financial support to its nine member associations.
The funds, the release pointed out, is to assist with costs of running the sub associations including salaries to help with the growth of the sub associations.
“The GFF wants to give its member associations as much financial and logistical support as possible to develop football in their respective regions, as it rolls out a wide range of programmes, and youth and other competitions,” stated the GFF release.
Meanwhile, Montagliani will tomorrow launch the GFF/Pele Alumni Frank Watson Memorial Intra-Association U-15 Tournament.
The competition, Guyana’s first nationwide tournament at the U15 level, aims to create another tier for youth development along with the NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National U-17 League.
“We have a lot of people that are involved with the administration of football that are doing it voluntarily,” GFF President Forde said in an in-house interview.
“We have to make changes to our statutes that would allow the (member association) president and secretary, and some of the people that serve football, to be compensated,” he added.
The GFF has employed nine regional Technical Development Officers and 14 Youth Development Coaches to support its member associations in the delivery of programmes such as the GFF-Scotiabank Academy Training Centres, as well as to oversee competitions, the release stated.
However, key to the growth of the game is to properly fund the administration of the game at all levels, along with strict compliance and oversight measures to ensure that finances are used for their correct purpose in an efficient way, said Forde.
“We are going to make a bold attempt with the increase in the FIFA funding where we are going to support our members by providing finances for their rental of their offices, telephone, utilities, and general office staff,” he declared.
