The Namibia Premier League members endorsed J J Doeseb as the Namibia Premier League (NPL) chairperson for the next four years at the elective Annual General Meeting (AGM) held over the weekend at the NBL Customer care centre.
Doeseb was elected unopposed after African Stars withdrew their nomination of Sydney Martin just before the election, resulting in Doeseb winning the election by 10 votes to 0.
The AGM was attended by 11 of the NPL members, including newly promoted PC Blue Boys, while Hotspurs and United Stars were relegated to the first division.
The NPL AGM also adopted a new constitution that makes provision for an Executive Committee, which will run the affairs of the NPL for the next four years. Mabos Vries, Cooks Kunamwene, Reinhold Xoagub, Cyril Isaacs, Jochen Traut and Irvine Ndjavera as an alternate, were elected as the first Executive Committee Members of the Namibia Premier League.
The Executive Committee replaces the management committee.
The AGM also endorsed various manuals that will guide the affairs of the league.
It will be the second term for Doeseb as the NPL chairman, after he originally took over as interim chairman in May 2009, before being appointed on a full time basisa few months later.
In his acceptance speech Doeseb called on the need to harmonize the relationship between the NPL and the NFA. He called on clubs to change the way they operate and to adopt a change of mindset.
He called on all individuals who have invested in football, or have vested interests in the game to become involved in football, as this will only assist in the advancement of the game.
“The time you have invested in the game is money. To all the teams who nominated me and those that did not nominate me, this is what democracy is all about. Please take note that I will not hold any vendetta against any one as this is the time to move the league to a professional level. We need to work together as clubs, because only when we portray a positive image, will we be able to lure potential sponsors, both for the league and the clubs,” he said in his acceptance speech.
He promised the members that he would continue with the plans that he had implemented with the view of professionalising football in Namibia.