NFA saga: Uutoni calls for calm
Sports minister Erastus Uutoni has repeated his call for calm after the names of people purportedly selected for the Namibia Football Association (NFA) normalisation committee were published.
The names published by the NBC's Sports Desk are Sebastian Kamungu, Vivienne Katjiuongua and Gaby Ahrens.
Kamungu, a businessman, was the NFA's secretary-general after independence.
Katjiuongua, a lawyer by profession, is the former chairperson of the National Sports Commission (NSC) and a former president of Netball Namibia.
Ahrens is the current athletes' representative on the Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) and is a former Olympic clay shooter.
The three - if they pass Fifa's eligibility check - will act as an electoral committee. None of them will be eligible for any of the positions during NFA elections.
When contacted for comment, the rumoured committee members did not divulge any information regarding their alleged appointments.
On Wednesday, Uutoni said as far as he is concerned the normalisation committee's members will be revealed by the Fifa delegation, which is due back in the country shortly.
“Like I said at a press conference last week, the normalisation committee will be named by Fifa. As for the names you just mentioned, I do not know anything about that,” Uutoni said.
He said speculation could jeopardise the process of selecting individuals to run the normalisation committee, saying the names will be made public as soon as all the processes have been completed by Fifa.
The normalisation committee is expected to run the day-to-day affairs of the NFA until a new executive committee is elected. -Additional info by NBC
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The names published by the NBC's Sports Desk are Sebastian Kamungu, Vivienne Katjiuongua and Gaby Ahrens.
Kamungu, a businessman, was the NFA's secretary-general after independence.
Katjiuongua, a lawyer by profession, is the former chairperson of the National Sports Commission (NSC) and a former president of Netball Namibia.
Ahrens is the current athletes' representative on the Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) and is a former Olympic clay shooter.
The three - if they pass Fifa's eligibility check - will act as an electoral committee. None of them will be eligible for any of the positions during NFA elections.
When contacted for comment, the rumoured committee members did not divulge any information regarding their alleged appointments.
On Wednesday, Uutoni said as far as he is concerned the normalisation committee's members will be revealed by the Fifa delegation, which is due back in the country shortly.
“Like I said at a press conference last week, the normalisation committee will be named by Fifa. As for the names you just mentioned, I do not know anything about that,” Uutoni said.
He said speculation could jeopardise the process of selecting individuals to run the normalisation committee, saying the names will be made public as soon as all the processes have been completed by Fifa.
The normalisation committee is expected to run the day-to-day affairs of the NFA until a new executive committee is elected. -Additional info by NBC
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