Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) says it is geared to hold its elections at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) slated for March 29 in Lusaka.
ZANIS Sports reports FAZ Secretary General (SG) Fidelis Banda saying the local football governming body was geared for elections at which a new executive committee wiould be assured into office.
Outgoing FAZ president Teddy Mulonga his Vice Kalusha Bwalya and Lusaka Dynamoes proprietor Anif Adams are some of the candidates who are vying for the organisation’ top seat.
The the crucial AGM is scheduled to be held Mulungushi International Conference Center. Hundreds of delegates and councillors from the cross section of the country and other invited guests are expected to attend.
Briefing journalists at Football House, Wednesday, Banda said the election will be under the supervision of the National Sports Council of Zambia (NSCZ).
Banda said NSCZ will conduct elections based on the rules set by FAZ, adding that a presiding officer has been appointed and other officers who will ensure that the elections are free and fair.
He dismissed assertions that the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) were to oversee the FAZ elections, saying the ECZ will only be asked to provide electoral equipment such as transparent ballot boxes and indelible ink.
The SG explained that voting will be by secret ballot and no cadres will be allowed at the AGM to diginfy the elections.
He said in view of the important event , all league matches will be played on Sunday.
Meanwhile FAZ will host the FIFA FUTURO 111 Football Medicine instructor’s course in Livingstone from April 1 to 5, 2008.
Banda told journalists during the briefing that the course will see 40 participants from 13 African countries.
East African countries, Sudan, Malawi,and Lesotho are some of the countries expected to attend. Others expected include Eriteria, Nambia, Somalia, Zimbabwe,Swaziland and the host, Zambia.
He said the objective of the course would be to train instructors in Football Medicine courses who would in turn train other intructors in their respective countries.
