Bravo all parties

AFTER a very long wait and so much speculation, the FIFA stakeholders meeting finally took place on Thursday. Hope has swept through the Zambian football community after the meeting was held and declared a success.

Zambian football has gone through wrangles that have contibuted to the dwindling standards of the game to an extent. However, with the meeting having taken place, a new chapter could be on the horizon.

The patriotism showed by all the attendants must be commended. Sports minister Emmanuel Mulenga has been on his toes to ensure the meeting took place. On the other two occasions when the meeting failed to take place he was ready to be part of the meeting which could bring a complete transformation to the game in the country.

It would be unfair therefore not to applaud the Minister for showing good leadership

The National Sports Council of Zambia (NSCZ) and Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) also showed great patriotism by leaving their busy schedules to be part of this momentus meeting. The aggrieved parties exhibited great desire to contribute to the growth and development of football in the country by doing everything possible to be part of the meeting.

With everything having been possibly discussed, fingers are crossed to see whether this will mark the end of recurring wrangles. Our hopes are that this will surely be the end of the tag-of-war in Zambian football.

It is hoped that FIFA will be objective in their verdict. We wouldn’t want a situation where a certain camp is favored at the expense of Zambian football. The verdict must be based on empirical evidence and not favoritism.

At the same time, FIFA’s verdict must be treated as final by the parties involved. Just as the two parties agreed to accept whatever FIFA gave as a verdict, that is the same way they must accept the final verdict.

Whatever the verdict, we hope that this will be the end of wrangles and the start of great development in our beautiful game.

It’s not about an individual, it’s about Zambian football. Let’s put Zambian football first. We continue talking via chailegrace21@gmail.com