Excerpts of Fani's speech at the BFA general assembly
Friday, September 17, 2010
We have several meetings with the Botswana National Sports Council and the Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture. The NEC was concerned that besides the negative effect the constituency tournament was having on mainstream football, FIFA could take steps against BFA for what is perceived as violation of the FIFA statutes. Government differed with BFA as to whether the constituency tournament programme violated the BFA statutes.
The NEC submitted a paper setting out its proposal of how constituency football could be restructured. The main thrust of the proposal was the constituency tournament should be handed to BFA and used as a development league under the Regional Football Association. The NEC further proposed that, to achieve the progamme's objective of identifying and nurturing talent, youth in relation to the programme, should be defined in sport context.
The Ministry of Agriculture, local producers, retailers, and industry associations must work together to overcome the obstacles hindering vegetable production and distribution.This collaborative approach is essential to improve the availability, quality, and affordability of vegetables in the market.Firstly, the Ministry of Agriculture should provide support and guidance to local farmers to enhance their productivity and efficiency. This could...