Zambia: Saili’s New ZPBWC Board Secretary

23 July 2011

THE Zambia Professional Boxing and Wrestling Board of Control (ZPBWC) has appointed Exodus Stables committee member Ben Saili as the new board secretary, replacing Everson Kalenga who has served for over five years.

ZPBWBC chairperson Nelson Sapi announced in Lusaka yesterday that the decision to replace Kalenga, who was asked to step aside while the Government auditors conducted an on-the-spot check of the board’s financial records, was made after a unanimous decision by board members.

“After almost seven months of waiting and based on Chapter 156 Cap 9 (1) of the laws of Zambia for the Zambia Professional Boxing and Wrestling Board of Control, a green light has finally been issued by the ministry for the board to make an official announcement on who has been picked to take over as new board secretary,” he said.

Sapi said Saili was picked after a scrutiny exercise despite the former boxer being the only candidate submitted to the Ministry of Sport for the position.

The ZPBWBC chairperson has since appealed to all stakeholders to give the new secretary support during his tenure of office for the development of the sport in the country.

Sapi said with the forthcoming African Boxing Union (ABU) annual general meeting (AGM), this appointment would help the board organise and host a successful gathering next month at Lusaka’s Protea Hotel Arcades.

“He (Saili) will have to detach himself away from active involvement of Exodus Boxing Promotions deals by now taking a board secretary role of supervising and monitoring their promotions to make sure that there is no favouritism whatsoever,” Sapi said.

He urged Saili to work hard in restoring the image of the board to all major stakeholders in the board’s continued efforts of revamping the sport’s declining standards over the years.

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