Rival camps differ on BFA P10m debt

Budget deficit: Motlogelwa insists the BFA was in the red PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Budget deficit: Motlogelwa insists the BFA was in the red PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

When Botswana Football Association (BFA) president, Maclean Letshwiti's committee took over in 2016 it indicated that the association was P10million in the red. 

The debt, according to BFA first vice president, Marshlow Motlogelwa had accumulated, largely, due to money owed as tax and commission due to Pula Sports Marketing for negotiating the then be MOBILE league sponsorship.

Motlogelwa said the liabilities were in the region of P16million against available funds of about P5million. The Botswana Premier League had to pay a large sum to the Botswana Unified Revenue Services (BURS) for tax owed.

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