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| Jana hits back at Ocgam |
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Leonard Sharra, 07 July 2006
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05:48:17
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Sports Council’s executive secretary George Jana has said Ocgam officials did not know what they were talking about, when they accused government and the Council of sending only officials to the Supreme Council of Sport in Africa (SCSA) Zone VI Sadc Under-20 Games in Windhoek, Namibia without any athlete.
Reacting to the outbursts by Ocgam president Floriano Massa and his vice general secretary Haxon Chapasa, Jana said the government and Council officials went to Windhoek to attend meetings.
“We did not go there for the games. We went to attend meetings, that is why we came back home last week, when the games were still in progress,” explained Jana, adding the games will be closing today.
According to the executive secretary, the first meeting was to do with formation of a regional anti-doping organisation (Rado). Jana said the meeting was supposed to be attended by Youth, Sports and Culture Minister Jafali Mussa, who delegated his Principal Secretary Emmanuel Gondwe.
“Another meeting involved the Finance and Marketing Commission for which I am a member. I attended that meeting. There was also a meeting by the Sports Development and Technical Commission but we did not attend this one since we are not members of the,” said Jana.
He further said there was also a meeting for the SCSA Zone VI executive board which was attended by Director of Sports in the Ministry Justin Saidi, Council board member Dean Pinto and himself. The meeting, he said, was followed by a Council of Ministers’ meeting, attended by Gondwe on the Minister’s behalf.
“The SCSA Zone VI constitution stipulates that the executive committee, which is the implementing organ, shall be composed of chairman, vice chairman and secretary general/treasurer. Directors of sports in ministries, sports council chairpersons and executive secretaries or their representatives are also members of the executive.
“Mr Pinto went as a representative of the Council chairman,” said Jana.
He advised Ocgam officials not to rush and comment on issues they did not know.
Last week Massa and Chapasa took turns accusing government and Council of sending officials to the Games in Namibia at the expense of athletes. The two accused government of practising double standards, apparently in reference to the accusations from Jana and Mussa that Ocgam sent too many officials to the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
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