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Sport codes' rep wants role taken seriously

Top table: A representative of the sport associations to the BNSC boards wants more to be done
Top table: A representative of the sport associations to the BNSC boards wants more to be done

A representative of the National Sport Associations (NSA) in the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) board, Dr Khaulani Fichani, wants the role to be given more attention.

Fichani and another representative, Gift Nkwe of karate are completing their term this year with elections to find their successors to be held next month. Fichani told MmegiSport that the role of the two NSA representatives on the BNSC board needs more attention.

“You will recall that this is an issue that we tried to address when we got into the board. Even as we leave the board, I am certain that the expectations on the incoming representatives fail to recognise that as board members, these representatives will have collective responsibility for strategic decisions taken by the board,” he said.

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