THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) and its sponsors will finally announce the start of the Namibian football season at a media conference scheduled at Soccer House today.
The two parties finally agreed to a deal after a meeting on Tuesday evening. The NFA and the Namibia Football Consortium (NFC) were involved in negotiations for over two months on funding, which put the start of the domestic football season on ice.Yesterday, NFA chief executive officer Barry Rukoro and NFC chairman Albertus Aochamub, who were at the forefront of the negotiations, decided that it was now time that they announce what is in the offing for local football.Aochamub confirmed that they will make announcements on the new football season and will also reveal what the negotiations were about.”We are all excited that we have reached finality to the discussions and we will be commenting on what we will be doing for the next season,” he said He said several changes will be made, especially with regard to funding for the premier league, but did not reveal any further information.”We have made a significant departure on the previous position of our relationship and that improvement will be made known tomorrow (today),” Aochamub said.The NFA and the Namibia Football Consortium (NFC) were involved in negotiations for over two months on funding, which put the start of the domestic football season on ice.Yesterday, NFA chief executive officer Barry Rukoro and NFC chairman Albertus Aochamub, who were at the forefront of the negotiations, decided that it was now time that they announce what is in the offing for local football.Aochamub confirmed that they will make announcements on the new football season and will also reveal what the negotiations were about.”We are all excited that we have reached finality to the discussions and we will be commenting on what we will be doing for the next season,” he said He said several changes will be made, especially with regard to funding for the premier league, but did not reveal any further information.”We have made a significant departure on the previous position of our relationship and that improvement will be made known tomorrow (today),” Aochamub said.
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