Published: October 9, 2026
Former Liberia Football Association President Musa Hassan Bility has called for the abolition of the National County Sports Meet, calling the annual competition “a disaster” and proposing it be transformed into a national premier league.
Bility, a Nimba County lawmaker, made the remarks Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, during an interview on Prime FM. He said the proposal was part of his football development plan during his tenure as LFA president.
“They take the County Meet to be untouchable. The County Meet is a disaster. It should be abolished and transformed into the Premier League,” Bility said.
He criticized the Ministry of Youth and Sports, which organizes the competition, for continuing with what he described as an ineffective structure despite the tournament’s importance to grassroots football development.
Bility said his proposed model would place the competition under an independent board made up of county representatives. The representatives would elect a president to serve a four-year term.
Under the plan, he said, the government would provide $1 million annually to each county team to support its operations and development.
“We had it in our plan that a board made up of representatives of the counties would elect their president for four years, and the government would give $1 million yearly to each of the teams,” he said.
Bility also proposed requiring concession companies operating in Liberia to support football development in the counties where they operate.
“Pass laws that any company that is operating in each county should support that county,” he said. “Nimba County will be supported by ArcelorMittal, Margibi will be supported by Firestone, Bea Mountain will support Grand Cape Mount. Every county in this country has some kind of concession.”
Bility said the proposed financing model would provide more sustainable support for grassroots football and create a stronger pathway for player development across Liberia.
During his eight-year tenure as LFA president, Bility abolished the Liberian Premier League and renamed it the First Division, citing inadequate infrastructure and financial support for clubs.
It remains unclear whether the football development plan Bility referenced was formally adopted or implemented.
Bility is currently serving a 10-year ban from FIFA, CAF and LFA football-related activities and was fined 500,000 Swiss francs by FIFA in a corruption case.
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