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Motlogelwa denies resignation reports

NOT GOING ANYWHERE: Botswana Football Association vice president (Finance and administration), Marshlow Motlogelwa says reports that he is set to resign are not true. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
NOT GOING ANYWHERE: Botswana Football Association vice president (Finance and administration), Marshlow Motlogelwa says reports that he is set to resign are not true. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

FRANCISTOWN: Botswana Football Association (BFA) Vice President (Finance and Administration) Marshlow Motlogelwa has shot down reports that he is on the verge of stepping down from his role, amid reports that some members in the National Executive Committee (NEC) want him to be suspended in relation to the mis-allocation of funds at the association.

The mis-allocated funds, which were meant for FIFA sanctioned projects amount to P6 million. The money was diverted to fund internal operations of the association.

Sources this week said if Motlogelwa does not resign, the BFA NEC will move a motion to suspend him at an emergency meeting that will be called anytime from next week when BFA president Maclean Letshwiti returns from the AFCON tournament in Cameroon. Motlogelwa’s role as the supervisor of BFA finances is not constitutional but he was given the task to oversee the association’s finances by virtue of his financial background. He is a qualified chartered account. “There has been so much speculation about me resigning or being suspended. I have no reason to resign.

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