The deputy minister of Sport, Youth and National Service, Agnes Tjongarero, has lashed out on NSSU National Coordinator Solly Duiker for allegedly performing poorly. Tjongarero blamed Duiker for a poor performance during a meeting organised by the NNOC with its members, but the likes of TISAN, NFA and NSSU were not represented. The aim of the meeting was to set the record straight regarding qualification criteria and talent identification in the various codes. The deputy minister was, however, not happy with the absence of Duiker as an NSSU representative. She wanted to address specific issues but said all the schools sports union seems to be familiar with are ball games. "I’m not satisfied with that, I’m very unhappy with that situation, the way NSSU is treating sport codes in this country. I’m not happy" said Tjongarero She said her concern is the training and coaching at school level and unless that is addressed, Namibian sports will continue to struggle. The deputy minister further said if NSSU is not present at meetings they will be unaware of issues raised by their members and partners. Tjongarero said there is a grave problem unless NSSU chooses to form real partnerships. "His position is in a serious problem if he carry on the way he is carrying on and I’m saying it in front of the media because for this year it’s only ball games it’s only Windhoek, Rehoboth ,Walvisbay. Meanwhile, Duiker was quick to defend is absence and dismiss the allegations. He explained that he gave an apology in advance to the NNOC secretary who invited the NSSU to the meeting." added Tjongarero "At this point of time myself is the only person in this office and today we were busy with interviewing for the position of a secretary last night. I had to make sure that everything had been in place so that the people that come in to be interviewed and all the pages are ready that’s why I could not it to that meeting." said Duiker On the issue of concentrating on ball games, he said seven codes are catered for and these are offered to Namibians in all 14 regions of the country. He added that trials and talent identification are done on merit and that teams are selected according to skills and not family background. He concluded that the union is currently in a working relationship with ten codes, but that they are willing to extend at anytime and include others, too.