National Social Security Authority (NSSA) acting general manager,Hashmon Matemera, has been relived of his duties to enable him to deal with allegations of aiding the externalisation of $340 million by a diamond producer.
It appointed director of Benefits Henry Chikova as the acting general manager.
In a statement yesterday, NSSA said the move to relieve Matemera of his duties was to give him “space and time to deal fully with the allegations of externalisation”.
Matemera was on Tuesday given a $10 000 bail at the Harare Magistrates’ Court and was remanded to June 15.
Allegations against Matemera are that he facilitated the externalisation of $332 980 000 belonging to diamond miner Jinan to Botswana, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Dubai and China when he was still head of BancABC three years ago.
A board member of NSSA, Matemera was thrust into the general manager’s post in an acting capacity last year following the sacking of five NSSA executives, including then general manager and CEO James Matiza.
He was supposed to hold forte until the appointment of a substantive head.
- News Day
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