Media urged to support athletes at commonwealth games

National Olympics committee of Zambia (NOCZ) president Alfred Foloko has urged the media fraternity in Zambia to support the various athletes who will represent Zambia at the commonwealth games in Birmingham next month.

Speaking during a media engagement forum at the Olympic youth development center – sports development center today, Foloko says the media play a very important role in shaping the development course of sports in the country.

He says the media engagement forum is a deliberate initiative of the NOCZ whose aim is to provide an understanding of the mandate and operations of the NOCZ as a sports organization.

The forum also served as a channel to clear the misconceptions usually present in the media fraternity about NOCZ and whatnot does at the Olympic, commonwealth, and all-African games.

The NOCZ president took the opportunity to urge the media to take advantage of the forum by increasing their knowledge and understanding of the NOCZ and CGA operations including its annual activities.

He has expressed hope that from the engagement, the media will work diligently and objectively by ensuring that citizens can access reliable, quality and independent information especially in regard to sports and the mandate of nocz.

He reiterated that the nocz will continue to have an open-door policy for consultations and engagements with the media on matters relating to sports.

Meanwhile, the NOCZ media studio was also launched at the forum and will be used as a medium to support various affiliate federations and enable them to showcase their activities.

The media studio will also serve as a revenue-generating stream for the NOCZ through equipment hired to the media and other stakeholders.