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(LUSAKATIMES) President Sata appoints Dr Mupanga Mwanakatwe - Chairman and acting CEO of ZAMTEL

President Sata appoints Dr Mupanga Mwanakatwe, Chairman and acting CEO of ZAMTEL
TIME PUBLISHED - Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 1:51 pm

Zambian President Michael Sata has dissolved the Board of Directors of Zamtel and appointed a new Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. Government having accepted without reservation the report on the findings of the Committee Investigating the sale of Zamtel, President Sata has deemed it desirable and expedient to compulsorily acquire the 75 per cent shareholding of Lap Green Network in Zamtel. The appropriate notice under the law has been given.

This is according to according to a press statement released to the Media by Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public relations George Chellah. According to the statement, the President has ordered the dissolution of the Board of Directors of Zamtel. The Head of State has appointed Dr Mupanga Mwanakatwe, Chairman and acting Chief Executive Officer as a first step to regularize the affairs of the company.

“A new board will soon be put in place to give the policy guidance and direction to management and staff. President Sata has further directed management to address the plight of Zamtel workers with due immediacy,” read the statement.

“There should be no loss in jobs except through retirement and attrition while maintaining the highest levels of discipline and respect of law,” President Sata said.

“Zamtel workers have served with distinction in an area of sophisticated information technology. This has been so from the inception of the company,” the president noted.

President Sata once again reiterated his relentless commitment to his duty as custodian of the interests of the Zambian people and assured the Zamtel workers their traumas and anxieties would be ended.

Government will restructure ownership of Zamtel to ensure Zambians owned the bulk of the shares in a revitalized Zamtel.

Labels: GEORGE CHELLAH, MICHAEL SATA, PARASTATALS, ZAMTEL

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