New board for professional boxingThe minister of sport, Jerry Ekandjo, has urged the newly appointed members of the Namibian Professional Boxing and Wrestling Control Board (NPBWCB) to take boxing to all corners of the country.
Ekandjo was addressing the five board members on Monday.
“I trust that you will professionalise boxing and ensure that it reaches a high standard that will always be fair,” he urged the new members. The minister appointed Ellison Hijarunguru as the new chairman of the NPBWCB. Ronald Kurtz, Phillip Mwandingi, Victoria Hamunyela and Dr Jenny Hepundjua were appointed as members for a three-year term.
Ekandjo told the board members to appoint a deputy chairperson.
Ekandjo explained that the appointment was in line with the Boxing Act of 1980, which he admitted was outdated.
He said the new board has a task to ensure that Namibia gets a new Boxing Act.
“The new board has a huge task to ensure that with the Directorate of Sports, you have to make sure that this year we have got a new Namibia Boxing Act that deals with professional boxing,” he said.
New chairperson Hijarunguru said as the longest-serving member he believed that they can take boxing to greater heights.
The term of the previous board ended in March this year.
KAINO NGHITONGO