Kombo
South District Sports Committee on Sunday held dialogue with Gunjur Sports
Committee after two-thirds of sixteen clubs signed petition for the committee
to step down at the Gunjur Day Care Centre.
Buba
Bada Bojang, chairman of Kombo South District Sports Committee, congratulated
Gunjur for clinching their first-ever super Nawettan after beating Banjul 2-1in
the final.
He
said the dialogue with Gunjur Sports Committee was centred on the petition
written and signed by thirteen affiliated clubs, which was why they urged the
committee to step down
Bojang
pointed out that the district Sports committee made some findings, adding that
he was not looking for a position in the committee nor witch-hunting anyone.
Bojang
added that he personally wanted the committee to continue but two-thirds of
affiliated clubs wanted the committee to step down.
For
his part, Momodou Charreh Jibba, first-vice president of Gunjur Sports
Committee, welcomed Kombo South District Sports Committee to a dialogue
meeting, saying they had received a letter from Kombo South District Sports
Committee to prepare final reports. They called extraordinary congress after
receiving the petition from two-thirds of affiliated clubs that wanted the
committee to step down because they were not competent to run sports in Gunjur.
Jibba
stated that Kombo South District Sports Committee did not have the power to
dissolve Gunjur Sports Committee, adding that Gunjur is a major nawettan zone
recognised by the Gambia Football Federation.
Alieu
Darboe alias Jatto, first-vice president of Gunjur Sports Committee, who also
represented Gunjur veteran players, said they “know what is going on and will
try to meet the clubs responsible” for the petition in order to solve the
problem and move ahead.
