NCAA board defies Mutorwa over Gärtner

By Hilary Mare

THE Namibia Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) board of directors has defied Works and Transport Minister John Mutorwa by extending the contract of interim Executive Director, Reinhard Gärtner by six months without Mutorwa’s concurrence, Confidente can reveal.

The board led by chairperson Kosmas Egumbo and whose term expires on October 31 further did not adhere to Mutorwa’s directive to have appointed a substantive Executive Director for the troubled parastatal by end of July.

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