By ALEX NJOVURifts in the Zambia Amateur Boxing Federation (ZABF) have continued with the general secretary, Bright Chomba, now being summoned to appear before a disciplinary committee for allegedly undermining the executive.
But Chomba said in an interview yesterday in Chililabombwe that no-one will force him to resign from the ZABF and that he is committed to developing the sport in the country.
ZABF president Thomas Chileshe says in a letter dated July 23, 2012 to the National Sports Council of Zambia (NSCZ), and made available to the Daily Mail in Kitwe yesterday, that Chomba is allegedly working against all the ZABF programmes.
“The Zambia Amateur Boxing Federation convened a meeting at Nyaka Lodge in Kabwe on 21st July 2012 to address the state of affairs of the secretariat office. The executive committee members passed a resolution to summon the general secretary to the disciplinary committee against his casual conduct of trying to undermine the rest of the executive members,” Chileshe said.
He said Chomba has also been charged for allegedly failing to submit the credentials for an under-20 Zone Six tournament.
“We came to learn also from the media that he privately assigned himself a trip to London for the Olympics as a manager without the knowledge of any member of the ZABF executive committee which prompted national Olympic committee general secretary Hazel Kennedy to drop him from the delegation list because of bad office ethics,” he said.
Chileshe also said that Chomba allegedly misapplied K750,000 affiliation fee from Central Province clubs.
He also accused Chomba of working with suspended boxing bodies to frustrate ZABF.
Chileshe has since advised the NSCZ to send all its correspondence to ZABF through the federation’s deputy general secretary Caesar Musuka.
And Mr Musuka said in an interview from Ndola that Chomba is allegedly frustrating the federation’s efforts to develop the sport.
Chomba said yesterday that no-one will force him to resign from the federation.
Chomba said it is not true that he is frustrating the executive and the federation’s programmes.
“It is not true that I misapplied the K750,000 from Central Province. In fact I gave Chileshe K500,000 while the K250,000 was used on logistics when we had a meeting in Lusaka.
“All these allegations against me are not true and my relationship with the executive members is cordial,” Chomba said.
He said he stayed away from the weekend meeting in Kabwe because some members were not invited.
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