Mmegi Sport: How can you rate your term in office thus far?
Fani: The right people to judge will be the people we serve. In this case, the members of the BFA and other stakeholders in the game. Those are people who can pronounce whether we have delivered or not. But my point of view is that we have done well in serving the football fraternity even with the constraints we have. One could mention the successful Goal Project II, through which we were able to put up a hostel block at Lekidi Centre. Under my presidency in 2003, we managed to construct the Lekidi Centre. We have now gone a step further.
Unfortunately there was a long gap, between the first goal and the second (when Fani wasn't the president).Otherwise we could be talking about Goal Project Four or Five. What we have done is also keep the football family together. We ensured that leagues are played and completed successfully. We have met the mandate to ensure that football is played. Sponsorship has also improved, e.g. Coca-Coca, Orange and be MOBILE. We know there are challenges when it comes to regional football, for example First Division sponsorship, and the issue of the referees, which the executive is addressing. For the first time in the history of football our national team qualified for the AFCON, in grand style. We lost only once. It's a huge achievement, which Batswana should be proud of. But despite these achievements, challenges still remain particularly resource constraints, for instance, facilities and finance.
