Limping NAPRO cut staff after multi-million pula loss

SELEBI-PHIKWE: The acting managing director of National Food Technology Research Centre (NFTRC), Dr Martin Kebakile has explained that the National Agro Processing (NAPRO) plant that retrenched nine staff members last month had incurred over P4 million losses in operational costs during the last audit.

Kebakile told Mmegi that much of the losses incurred were towards the wage bill while the sales were not growing.

He further explained that the privatisation exercise of the plant is in the pipeline, hence the retrenchment was necessary as increased losses would be a deterrent to any potential investor.

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