Fifa to decide on NFA squabbles in two weeks

NAMIBIAN football will know within the next two week what Fifa has to say on the current power struggles within the association, a top Fifa official said yesterday.

Fifa’s Ashford Mamelodi told a media briefing yesterday that he met with various stakeholders in the game and will submit his report on the findings in regard to the state of the Namibian game, specifically the infighting that has erupted within the mother body. Mamelodi was sent by Fifa last week to investigate the formation of an interim executive committee that put in a vote of no confidence in the NFA leadership at their meeting of June 3.He said he met the members of the interim committee that are claiming to be legitimate and now in charge of football affairs in the country.But the NFA executive committee, which is led by acting president John Muinjo, has not bowed to the pressure by the interim committee and have stated that they were still in charge.Mamelodi said he also met with the Minister of Sport John Mutorwa who informed him that the Sports Act of 2003 provides that a federation or association can be invoked if need be.He said that has not been done for football as yet, but Mutorwa earlier asked for the officials to resolve the issue in accordance with the NFA constitution.Mamelodi said he also held talks with the members of the Namibia Football Consortium (NFC) who at the time threatened to cut short funding to the association if the squabbles were not sorted out through an elective congress.Mamelodi said the NFA’s constitution was also not user-friendly enough and needed to be strengthened to make it more embracing to all.Muinjo and secretary general of the NFA, Alpheus Gaweseb, were also present at the briefing.Mamelodi was sent by Fifa last week to investigate the formation of an interim executive committee that put in a vote of no confidence in the NFA leadership at their meeting of June 3.He said he met the members of the interim committee that are claiming to be legitimate and now in charge of football affairs in the country.But the NFA executive committee, which is led by acting president John Muinjo, has not bowed to the pressure by the interim committee and have stated that they were still in charge.Mamelodi said he also met with the Minister of Sport John Mutorwa who informed him that the Sports Act of 2003 provides that a federation or association can be invoked if need be.He said that has not been done for football as yet, but Mutorwa earlier asked for the officials to resolve the issue in accordance with the NFA constitution.Mamelodi said he also held talks with the members of the Namibia Football Consortium (NFC) who at the time threatened to cut short funding to the association if the squabbles were not sorted out through an elective congress.Mamelodi said the NFA’s constitution was also not user-friendly enough and needed to be strengthened to make it more embracing to all.Muinjo and secretary general of the NFA, Alpheus Gaweseb, were also present at the briefing.