Boxing stakeholders want to be included

JESSE JACKSON KAURAISAWINDHOEKBoxing stakeholders are appealing to whoever takes over the Namibia Professional Boxing and Wrestling Control Board (NPBWCB) to run it with passion.This follows an announcement from the ministry of sport that the current board will be declared inactive after the resignation of three members.The resignations are alleged to stem from miscommunication and a lack of harmony among the board members.There are also mixed emotions over former board chairperson Bernard Haufiku, who some believe was the reason why members resigned.Others feel that Haufiku is the right man to lead the board and must be reinstated as its chairman when the operations of the board resume. Namibian Sun has been informed that the ministry is planning to keep Haufiku and Joe Shikongo on the board, while adding three other members to fill the positions of those who resigned. It is for this reason that boxing stakeholders are keen to see people with the right credentials on the board. “Serving on the board comes with plenty of responsibility and it does not always say that you have to have a boxing background. “Problem is that some people come in with the aim of making quick money and not for the growth of boxing and that is why you find people at loggerheads.“As a stakeholder, I think it is important that we are involved in some decision-making in order to make sure that the people appointed to lead the board are financially stable and are top administrators,” said Imms Moses of AC Boxing. The chairperson of the Khomas Boxing Federation, Jason Naule, is pleading with the ministry of sport to involve them when appointing new board members.Naule feels that the boxing fraternity could recommend people who are suitable to run the board effectively.“I just feel that it is in the interest of boxing to let boxing stakeholders pave the way forward when bringing in board members or replacing old ones. “Boxing clubs must be allowed to nominate or recommend members that we feel have the right credentials and are passionate about the sport to run the board,” Naule said. Naule feels that the government's handpicking policy has often counted against the boxing fraternity.“Sometimes the board members that are brought in do not even show interest ib tne sport and you will never see them at boxing events,” Naule fumed. Boxing promoter Risto Ashikoto shared the same views.“We want people that are well versed with the knowledge of boxing and that can come up with regulations that can protect boxers and boxing clubs. “This thing of just picking anyone because they have leadership skills is clearly not working,” Ashikoto said.

Boxing stakeholders want to be included

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Namibian Sun 2025-09-16

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