Bulawayo council neglecting service delivery but sponsoring football

The Bulawayo City Council has been accused of channelled money towards football sponsorship at the expense of service delivery, which should be the councils' core business, by the supposedly cash-strapped city councils.

Some ratepayers are complaining that too much money is going towards football sponsorship at the expense of service delivery.

In Bulawayo, the noise about a city football club started when Bulawayo City was still in Division One.

"We cannot have a situation whereby the city fathers use our money for projects like football. I think first things must come first. We have a lot of football teams here in Bulawayo. What's the need to keep on adding more? Why not support the few that are already there and maybe that will only need a few dollars than running a football club?" fumed Norma Ndlovu who stays in Nkulumane 12.

She added, "It will be very difficult for the team to get support as long as Highlanders and Chicken Inn are around. So where are they going to get the money when there are no gate-takings to talk about? It will take them years to break the Bosso here in Bulawayo."

Bulawayo City official Jerry Sibanda was not reachable to comment on the situation in Bulawayo.