K20,000 for relief funds

The National Sports

PAPUA New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA) president John Kapi Natto says member competitions around the country will each receive K20,000 as Covid-19 relief funds.
He said the funding would assist member associations with administration and competition as per Fifa’s guidance and compliance protocol.
“The aim is to improve the way we develop and support football across member associations so that the sport can reach its full potential during the Covid-19 period,” Kapi Natto said.
“The financial relief funding needs to be used transparently and has to be recorded in order to be reported for audit purposes.”
Member association manager Stanley Khanna commended Kapi Natto and his executives for approving the budget for the second half of the year.
He said the funding assistance would be welcome news for all member associations “at this difficult time”.
Member associations will receive K10,000 as first installment and acquittals of spending must be submitted for the second tranche of the K10,000 to be released, Khanna said. Khanna said the funding would be released to member associations if they provided:

  • Their list of executive committee members;
  • The name of their general secretary;
  • Their (associations) bank details;
  • Names of the signatories to the association’s bank account and copy of the signatures if need be;
  • The contact details of the person responsible for their finances;
  • An itemised budget for the expenses of the funding; and,
  • The final report should include scan receipts, invoices and all source documents relating to the budget.

Kapi Natto said the last two years had been challenging for PNGFA and he expressed his gratitude for the support the sport’s national governing body had received from Fifa over the last 21 months.
“I also wish to acknowledge our member associations that have shown the determination not to allow the financial challenge we have gone through the past 21 months to stop them from running their competitions and activities and have been resilient,” he said.