the amputee team upon its return to the country.

The team allegedly used government funds to travel to the United States to participate in a tournament that had already been canceled before the team left Liberia.

He told the voice of America Africa Service Monday that the Liberia Amputee Soccer Association has committed no crime here or in America, adding that they got their visas to travel and entered America legally.

“Our worry is that they don’t overstay their visas which will make their stay in America illegal; so we are encouraging them to come back home. There’s no writ out for anybody’s arrest,” Nagbe assured.

According to the Sports Minister, the government continues to encourage the amputees to return to Liberia because it would be better than loitering in America, stressing that President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has met with the amputees on several occasions, and even shortly before they left for the United States.

“They are the only federation that has a brand new bus; we interact with them daily; the President has made several contributions to them through her own personal finances and also through the budgets of the various ministries. So for them to say that they had not been honored; they had not been catered to, is quite unfortunate,” the Sports Minister added.
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