Mboma refuses to be silenced

Committee on Education, Sport, Arts and Culture at Parliament two weeks ago and discuss issues related to the administration of football in the country and the Asiagate scandal.
Their appearance, however, was postponed after the House of Assembly took a month-long break and the ZNSSA leadership is now expected to appear before Parliament early next month.
But the decision by the parliamentarians to seek the opinion of the supporters’ body did not go down well with Zifa with the association’s vice-president, Ndumiso Gumede, revealing that he had written to the portfolio committee to query that invitation.
Gumede, who has appeared before the Parliamentary committee on a number of occasions, argued that ZNSSA were not recognised by Zifa and questioned the value they will add to the investigations into Asiagate.
“If it is true that they have been called it would be an unfortunate development for football,” said Gumede.
“The ZNSSA are neither registered with the football association nor are we aware of their composition and legitimacy.
“It is our humble view that if there is need for further investigation in this matter, members of the Zifa Assembly who sat on 19 December 2009 and resolved to stop all the escapades to the East would give useful information to the committee.
“There are allegations that some people fingered in the Asiagate scam are constant visitors to the erstwhile headquarters of the so-called supporters association which raises a few questions.”
Yesterday, ZNSSA leader, Eddie “Mboma” Nyatanga wrote to Zvoma advising the Senior Clerk of Parliament to ignore Gumede’s letter because the House of Assembly was not Zifa House where only the views of the football body’s leadership mattered.
Nyatanga said it was unfortunate that Gumede had narrowed their scheduled appearance before Parliament to the Asiagate scandal when the invitation letter clearly spelt out they would also discuss issues related to football administration in the country.