Mogane not in support of acting appointment Former Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) chief administrator Rusten Mogane says he does not believe it is a good decision to appoint a commissioner as acting chief administrator. Mogane was speaking in response to the recent appointment of Peter Wilson, who became a commissioner in June, as acting chief administrator for two months.
“When you look at governance in general at any institution, there must be segregation between the administration and the commissioners so if there is an overlap or interference it can cause a lot of conflict in that institution.
“So I don''t believe it is a healthy situation that a commissioner should act while there are management members who can do the work,” he said.
He pointed out that having a commissioner acting in that position is a conflict of interest.
“A commissioner oversees the administration and if you now have one acting as chief administrator I don''t believe that it is a good practice and think that it is a conflict of interest.
“You have management members who can act or they could have even asked someone from the ministry to act while they are sorting out whatever they want to sort out so as a person who was there I don''t think it is a very good sound management principle that a commissioner should act,” he said.
In the meantime, Sports Commission chairperson Joel Matheus has explained that Wilson will not be serving as a commissioner for the two months that he''s acting as chief administrator.
Wilson is set to assume that duty on Monday next week.
Matheus said Wilson will be allowed to sit in on the commissioners'' meetings during the two months.
“He will be allowed to sit in our meetings, not as a commissioner but in his capacity as the acting chief administrator and will not be entitled to any sitting fees,” he said.
The position of chief administrator has been vacant since 2013, when Mogane left.
Three people have since acted in that position, including Walter Haseb who was removed to take up his former position of finance and administration manager.
Harald Fülle and Sivhute Katamba acted as chief administrators before Haseb.
KAINO NGHITONGO