Normalisation committee asks for more time

The Namibia Football Association (NFA) normalisation committee has requested more time from Fifa to finish its work.Committee chairperson Hilda Basson-Namundjebo said they asked for more time because several regions do not have constitutions in place. The mandate of the normalisation committee was initially to run the affairs of the NFA until no later than 31 May.It is tasked to ensure that the members of the NFA, whose executive committees are out of mandate, organise and conduct the relevant elections. The committee has faced several challenges when it comes to finding authentic representatives from the regions.“We will not have enough time to complete the process by 31 May and we have therefore requested for more time to finish the process.We found out that most of the regions do not have a constitution in place, after sending them a questionnaire about three weeks ago.“The questionnaire was done in order for us to get their legal standings and whether they have a constitution or not,” Basson said. This resulted in the committee ordering the regions to draft constitutions that are guided by the NFA constitution.The committee will proceed with elections once these are in place. It will also act as an electoral committee and none of its members will be eligible for any of the open positions in the elections.The NFA constitution states that the organisation's executive committee will consist of 11 members, comprised of the president, first vice-president, second vice-president and six members, with at least one being a woman.The chairperson of the Namibia Premier League (NPL) executive committee and one representative from the nationwide first division streams, selected from the chairpersons of these streams, are also supposed to serve on the NFA executive. Article 33.2 of the constitution states: “The president, vice-presidents and members of the executive committee shall be elected by the congress.”The president, vice-presidents and six other members are normally proposed by at least one delegate. The representative of the NPL is normally the chairman of the league. The representative of the chairpersons of the nationwide first division streams is a chairperson, unless there is a deadlock, in which case the congress will elect the representative.All members of the NFA executive committee shall be no older than 70 or younger than 23.The members of the executive committee, except the NPL chairperson, should already been active for years, serving as executive members or a member of the NFA.The members of the executive committee must not have been previously found guilty of a criminal offence incompatible with the position and must have residency within Namibia. A Fifa delegation is expected to arrive in Namibia soon to advise the normalisation committee on the current issues faced by Namibian football, including issues with the first division. Jesse Jackson Kauraisa

Normalisation committee asks for more time

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Namibian Sun 2025-06-24

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