Workers urged to expose graft

NAMIBIAN workers should learn the art of whistle-blowing if the fight against corruption is to be won, the Acting Secretary General of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), Peter Naholo, said on Friday.

Speaking out against recent cases of the abuse of public institutions’ money, Naholo called this “an assault on the motherland by selfish individuals,” and encouraged workers not to be fearful of uncovering any acts of corruption they become aware of. “I wish to urge the workers to take the fight against corruption very seriously,” he said, “as they are the backbone of the economy of our country.Protection of our resources against plundering and corruption will indeed safeguard our prosperity as a nation.”Naholo said the failure of supervising authorities to trace more than half a billion Namibian dollars indicates inefficiency or ineffectiveness on their part, adding that workers demand fairness, and that selective supervising should not be allowed.”If allowed, these supervising institutions would apply selective methods and create an impression that they act only on motives of self-interest or other motives,” he said.Naholo was speaking at the opening of the ninth national congress of the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN).He said the mining sector contributed the biggest share to the country’s GDP, but the importance of this fact would only be meaningful if workers participated fully in all spheres of the sector.”I wish to urge the workers to take the fight against corruption very seriously,” he said, “as they are the backbone of the economy of our country.Protection of our resources against plundering and corruption will indeed safeguard our prosperity as a nation.”Naholo said the failure of supervising authorities to trace more than half a billion Namibian dollars indicates inefficiency or ineffectiveness on their part, adding that workers demand fairness, and that selective supervising should not be allowed. “If allowed, these supervising institutions would apply selective methods and create an impression that they act only on motives of self-interest or other motives,” he said.Naholo was speaking at the opening of the ninth national congress of the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN).He said the mining sector contributed the biggest share to the country’s GDP, but the importance of this fact would only be meaningful if workers participated fully in all spheres of the sector.