OYDC ZAMBIA CLEARED TO RESUME ALL SPORTS ACTIVITIES - OYDC Zambia

27 Jul

OYDC ZAMBIA CLEARED TO RESUME ALL SPORTS ACTIVITIES

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The OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre wish to announce that it has been cleared to resume all sports activities which were suspended indefinitely on the 17^th March, 2020 following the outbreak of the Corona Virus.

OYDC Zambia, Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Fredrick Chitangala, says the Centre is happy that the permit was granted adding that before resuming all activities key stakeholders such as national sports federations will be engaged to formulate a roadmap on how to resume sport at the facility as the country continue to record a surge in Covid-19 cases.

“We will be engaging national sports federations on how best we can resume selected sports disciplines with strict health measures. We are happy that we finally got the permit we have been waiting for since few months ago. However, given the current Covid-19 situation, we won’t resume any sport activity until further notice” Dr. Chitangala said.

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Noah Silomba

Noah Silomba is a Zambian-born Lusaka-based professional journalist with many years of experience in media, sport & corporate communication, digital & social media marketing and web management. Ranked 5th in Africa for the 2021 AIPS Sport Media Awards in Photography Sports Action and is a two times media awards nominee (photography sports action & best writing colour piece) categories for the years 2020 and 2021 under the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2024 Silomba was certified as the finalist for the sixth edition of the Run for Art photography contest in the category; Sport and urban environment by the Fondazione Giulio Onesti in Rome, Italy. He is also part of Cohort A for 2022 Africa Media Agency (AMA) Academy training in digital media and marketing.

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