Is there any solution in talking?

Is there any solution in talking? KAINO NGHITONGO



We have all become experts in football now, which is fine but is there any solution in talking?

We may sit around table until kingdom comes but if we are not setting out what the solution can be then I clearly think we are wasting our time.

Am pointing this out because of the discussion that attracted the nation''s attention and that is the Talk of the Nation show which was an embarrassment at the highest level.

The platform which was supposed to be used as a way of drawing out what is next was wrongly used to still mourn about who is a bad leader and what the problem is.

I am so sure that by now we all know or have heard so much about what the problem is and what has caused us to be where we find ourselves now but that cannot go on anymore.

It is about time we move on to what is best for those who play the game and not what is best for those who sit in offices.

Like the statement says, you cannot solve a problem with another problem and it is for this reason why I''m saying OKAY, now we know the problem so what is next.

I think we need to come down as stakeholders in sports and for good not to point fingers anymore but to draw out what we can do to rescue football in the country and make it an industry that can feed so many people in years to come.

Let us get away with thinking about now but rather draw up a plan of where we want to be five years from now.

I must concur with the deputy minister of sports who said we should stop being satisfied with one sponsor but rather use that as an opportunity to lure more.

While so many of us are suggesting for a sport indaba, we also need to collectively come together and plan it very well so that it will not just be an event for people to sit and discuss issues and get no solution.

Let me hope that if that is ever to take place, the resolutions from such an event be implemented and not just have documents collecting dust in shelves.

I am sure there we great ideas shared at the sports conference but then did any of those ideas materialise? So those are some of the questions we need to ask ourselves as we sit at think of a sport indaba because we may have it and still share the brilliant ideas but will not help us much.

As much as funding remains the problem, a platform of having all stakeholders around the table and discussing all the sport issues which also includes funding will help us come up with a document to present to the head of state and the finance ministry on the importance of sports and why it is important to pump in money in sports.

So while we have new sport commissioners, I hope they have been thinking about something along those lines and if not then they should think of one already.

But before all that happens, let us have our documents in place and those are the sport act, the categorisation of sports and school sports policy.

Not only will such documents serve as a guideline into the direction we want to go but as an indication of how serious those at the forefront are and that will not only be by talking but by actually making sure that the documents are implemented.

Like all are saying, all hope is not lost so let the current state of sports in the country draw all of us together and map out the future of the industry that has the power to build a nation.



Kaino@namibiansun.com