BUILDCON LAND IN TROUBLE

BUILDCON COACH, 12 PLAYERS ARRESTED FOR WORKING IN ZAMBIA ILLEGALLY

Out of the 18 who were summoned, Department of immigration have arrested coach Ivan Zoric and 12 players from Ndola based Super Division side Buildcon FC for working in Zambia without valid documentation

The Immigration department said their Ndola office embarked on a routine operation to screen all foreign staff employed by Buildcon Football Club at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium.

During the process it came to the fore that the club’s Serbian coach, Ivan Zoric was holding an expired Temporary Employment Permit. 12 players comprising three (03) Ghanaians, three (03) Rwandese, two (02) Congolese and one (01) Cameroonian, one (01) Burundian, one (01) South African and one (01) Ivorian were found culpable of either holding expired Temporary Employment Permits, overstaying their business visits or were in contravention of terms and conditions of their employment permits.

The 12 players and the Coach have been detained as a result pending further immigration formalities.

The situation has made the club to postpone their Super Division match against Nakambala Leopards which was scheduled for Sunday.

“The match will be played on 8th April,” said Buildcon media

GHANA WEB