The President of the Gambia Football Federation Mr Lamin Kaba Bajo has emphasized that the proposed GFF Extra Ordinary General Assembly initially scheduled for Saturday 18th July 2020 has been postponed.

The football convergence was meant to table before delegates “Appropriation of Covid-19 Relief Funds” and ” Approve amendments to 2020 budget“.

The postponement is necessitated by the delay in FIFA releasing the Covid-19 Relief support regulations which is a requirement before approval of the Covid-19 Budget.

In light of this development, GFF President Mr Lamin Kaba Bajo has further emphasized that the postponement of the EoGA is borne out of the “delay in FIFA releasing the Relief Support regulations”. Mr Bajo was speaking to State Radio GRTS in a telephone interview on Friday 17th July 2020 where he expounded on the reasons for FIFA’s support to member Associations amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

“We couldn’t take any decisions because the regulations from FIFA are yet to be received and that’s the reason we have postponed the Extra Ordinary General Assembly“, he said. Bajo noted that the plan to hold the weekend event is purely an Executive decision meant to bring the football family together to discuss the proposed budget and agree as a family. “The Extra Ordinary General Assembly is our decision. It is our initiative. We are not mandated to do it as per the Constitution“.

The Covid-19 Relief Support according to Bajo will go a along way in helping the clubs and stakeholders ameliorate some of their problems. He however noted that the decision to distribute the money rests squarely on the GFF. “The decision is that the Executive Committee of every Federation can decide how to use the funds and then inform the members later in a General Assembly which means we are not under any obligation to call for an Extra Ordinary General Assembly as per the rules given by FIFA, but it is an indication that we want to involve everybody to ensure transparency“.
Reacting to the money promised by FIFA, the GFF Boss said the funds promised by FIFA are not yet been received. “No Federation has yet receive any dollar. The funds are not yet here and not even a Dollar in town. The announcements were made and letters were sent but up to today we haven’t receive any money and no Federation has receive any money yet. This should be clear because people are assuming that the money is already in the bank and we have started using them but I can again tell you that there isn’t any money yet in our accounts”.

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