The President of the United Republic of Tanzania Hon. Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan has congratulated the national youth team of Zanzibar under 15 years 'Karume Boys' for winning the CECAFA U15 Boys Championship 2023
Giving those congratulations at the end of last week, Dr. Samia also gave a word to the leaders of sports associations in the country to invest in youth football
"Sports is a big business, sports leaders should change so that sports can be run professionally. Let's stop relying on reaping if we don't plant and put sustainable plans on youth sports, sports councils should continue to coordinate and monitor the performance of sports associations and ensure that they are run and conducted for the benefit of the nation and not for our personal benefit," said President Samia
In addition, President Samia gave an order to the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) to ensure that they allocate funds for the repair of the Benjamin Mkapa stadium where needed
"The construction of playground infrastructure is a big cost, all the playgrounds that are built and repaired should be used carefully and adjusted when the damage occurs instead of waiting until major damage occurs, which doubles the cost"< /p>
"There was a time when I was brought the costs of repairing the Benjamin Mkapa stadium, and I asked where are the TFF, aren't they the ones using the stadium? People who enter the stadium pay entrance fees, where is that money?"
"I told them to tell the TFF that the stadium is making money for itself, if they didn't spend that money, they should find it and fix the stadium. Luckily there was a competition ahead and we had to give money to repair the stadium"
"But that's my position and that's what I want to tell President Mwinyi to stand by. These stadiums bring in money, now the allocations you plan for yourself should be kept with the allocation of the stadiums so that when they are damaged, you can repair them," said President Samia
