The government is set to start afresh on developing a stadium at Opuwo – 12 years after selling sport grounds there to businessman Erastus ‘Chicco’ Shapumba for N$1.3 million.
Shapumba subsequently sold the same arena for N$5 million without value addition, making close to N$4 million.
Under any circumstances that would be a dodgy deal.
It’s great to see president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah hitting the ground running to deliver on the promise of providing facilities to communities around the country.
So far, N$450 million has been budgeted for the construction, renovation and upgrading of sport fields.
Namibians, especially the youth, desperately need public amenities to channel energies that will help turn them into productive citizens away from alcohol and drug abuse.
While carrying out such projects, please prohibit alcohol and similar harmful drugs at public facilities.
It’s shocking that the Opuwo Sport Stadium was sold in what seems a predatory manner to businessman Shapumba.
State officials involved in this sale must be brought to book.
Governments at all levels must be placed under strict rules when alienating public property to avoid dubious transactions that rob the public of much-needed amenities.
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