For­mer na­tion­al coach and cur­rent tech­ni­cal di­rec­tor of Mor­vant Cale­do­nia Unit­ed Ja­maal Shabazz says he is hope­ful that things will im­prove for his com­mu­ni­ty and club with the com­ing of the Peo­ple's Na­tion­al Move­ment in­to pow­er.

Speak­ing on the eve of yet an­oth­er Dig­i­cel T&T Pro League sea­son as head of the Mor­vant/Laven­tille club coach­ing staff, Shabazz said, "The PNM knows that our moth­ers and fa­thers have been loy­al to the par­ty and while we are not ask­ing for hand-outs, we need for them to re­mem­ber who has stood with them, dur­ing the dark­est days of the par­ty."

"If we get a mi­ni sta­di­um, a cul­tur­al fa­cil­i­ty, a top class li­brary and even our own hos­pi­tal and mall in Mor­vant we will be able to change our con­di­tion on our feet than in­stead of on our knees."

"Is that re­al­ly too much to ask of a par­ty that has nev­er lost this con­stituen­cy?" Ques­tioned Shabazz.

Notwith­stand­ing the chal­lenges, Shabazz has an am­bi­tion to en­sure Mor­vant Cale­do­nia Unit­ed con­tin­ue to be a fac­tor for progress and de­vel­op­ment. "I live in Mor­vant, I went to school here and I stand for a unit­ed com­mu­ni­ty; foot­ball by in its na­ture, is a fac­tor that can bring the peo­ple to­geth­er."

"Once we get the nec­es­sary re­sources and the fa­cil­i­ties, we are go­ing to ad­dress this fool­ish gang vi­o­lence in our com­mu­ni­ty.

Be­cause our play­ers come from all parts of Mor­vant and Cale­do­nia and I am not ac­cept­ing any bor­der­lines," he end­ed.

With re­gards to the his club Shabazz stat­ed that Cale­do­nia will con­tin­ue to play our part in the na­tion­al and re­gion­al de­vel­op­ment of foot­ball."

He added, "In the 36 years of our ex­is­tence while I am proud of some of our achieve­ments on the field.

I am more hap­py for the av­enue we have been able to cre­ate for young peo­ple to de­vel­op them­selves in a dis­ci­plined en­vi­ron­ment."