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Chiyangwa exposed - has no football administration background
17 Nov 2015 at 07:26hrs | Views
The Zifa presidential race took a new twist on Monday amid revelations that flamboyant Harare businessman Philip Chiyangwa was never involved in local football structures and does not have the required five years in administration of the game as required by the constitution.
According to the Herald, he is under pressure to withdraw his candidature.
The claims are from several former football administrators.
Former Northern Region secretary general, Chivero Stanley Mudhokwani, who was at the helm of the region from 1996 when the region still covered from Manicaland up to Kariba, said he never came across the Harare businessman as one of the administrators he worked with.
Back then there were only two regions in the country that is Southern Region, which covered such provinces as Matabeleland and Masvingo, and the Northern Region which covered all the other provinces such as Mashonaland West, Mashonaland Central and Harare.
Following the creation of the Eastern Region in 1998, Mudhokwani then moved from Northern Region to become secretary-general of the newly-created region. "In 1990, I was Manicaland Province's vice-chairman and then became the Northern Region secretary-general in 1996.
"When Eastern Region was created, I moved there in the same capacity as the secretary-general until 2001.
"I never met Philip Chiyangwa and to make matters worse, the region stretched up to Kariba but I never met him. When I was the secretary-general of Northern Region, I used to meet all the administrators but I never had any meeting with him in that capacity.
Lifelong Footballers Trust of Zimbabwe, led by former ZIFA board member Francis Zimunya, also turned on the heat on Chiyangwa and yesterday presented their petition to the ZIFA Electoral Commission that his candidature is null and void as he was never involved in football administration.
"We are perturbed to see gross violation of the ZIFA Constitution in particular by Phillip Chiyangwa who wants to be a member of the ZIFA board whilst he knows that he was never an executive member of Futsal, Mazoe Citrus and Chinhoyi Tigers Football Clubs.
"We challenge him to prove that he served as an administrator for a period of five years, as stipulated by the ZIFA constitution, at the organisation he purports to have served".
Meanwhile, NewsDay reports Chiyangwa has roped in an Asian to boost his campaign and is set to launch his manifesto on Saturday where he hopes to gather all councillors.
According to the Herald, he is under pressure to withdraw his candidature.
The claims are from several former football administrators.
Former Northern Region secretary general, Chivero Stanley Mudhokwani, who was at the helm of the region from 1996 when the region still covered from Manicaland up to Kariba, said he never came across the Harare businessman as one of the administrators he worked with.
Back then there were only two regions in the country that is Southern Region, which covered such provinces as Matabeleland and Masvingo, and the Northern Region which covered all the other provinces such as Mashonaland West, Mashonaland Central and Harare.
Following the creation of the Eastern Region in 1998, Mudhokwani then moved from Northern Region to become secretary-general of the newly-created region. "In 1990, I was Manicaland Province's vice-chairman and then became the Northern Region secretary-general in 1996.
"When Eastern Region was created, I moved there in the same capacity as the secretary-general until 2001.
"I never met Philip Chiyangwa and to make matters worse, the region stretched up to Kariba but I never met him. When I was the secretary-general of Northern Region, I used to meet all the administrators but I never had any meeting with him in that capacity.
Lifelong Footballers Trust of Zimbabwe, led by former ZIFA board member Francis Zimunya, also turned on the heat on Chiyangwa and yesterday presented their petition to the ZIFA Electoral Commission that his candidature is null and void as he was never involved in football administration.
"We are perturbed to see gross violation of the ZIFA Constitution in particular by Phillip Chiyangwa who wants to be a member of the ZIFA board whilst he knows that he was never an executive member of Futsal, Mazoe Citrus and Chinhoyi Tigers Football Clubs.
"We challenge him to prove that he served as an administrator for a period of five years, as stipulated by the ZIFA constitution, at the organisation he purports to have served".
Meanwhile, NewsDay reports Chiyangwa has roped in an Asian to boost his campaign and is set to launch his manifesto on Saturday where he hopes to gather all councillors.
Source - Herald
