National Housing Authority Chief Executive Officer, Elias Mpondela has resigned. National Housing Authority Chairman Mundia Muya announced that Mr Mpondela has left the institution to pursue other interests. Dr Muya said this in a statement issued to ZNBC news in Lusaka.
He said that although National Housing Authority regretted Mr Mponde’s resignation, the board appreciated the valuable contribution that he rendered to the institution.
Mr Mpondela was appointed Chief Executive Officer of National Housing Authority in August 2009.
Last month, workers at National Housing Authority (NHA) in Lusaka downed tools demanding, among other things, the dissolution of the board and removal of top management officials for allegedly “bringing problems” to the organisation.
According to NHA union branch chairperson, Oscar Mwananyanda, the main cause of the work-stoppage was to push management to pay the workers their commutation of leave days. This was to enable them attend to some of their children’s school requirements as the current education allowance was inadequate.
The workers were demanding that Mr Mpondela, human resources manager and director of finance, among other senior staff, be investigated for allegedly “bringing problems at the organisation”.
Mr Mwananyanda cited, among other problems, the alleged unnecessary trips abroad by senior management staff using company funds.
Their other complaint was that employees were being denied salary advances when faced with problems.The workers accused management of non-remittance of Pay-As-You-Earn to the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) as well as contributions to the National Pensions Scheme Authority (NAPSA) even after making deductions from workers salaries.
ZNBC
long overdue. something has been hounting this man. what interest?!
nobody cares about his resignation, he has stolen enough.
:d good its been long time coming
. I hear he s going foreeign mission
Retire well and find others things. WISH HIM GOODLUCK
Good riddance.
its now to be On the Run!!!!!!
The man has just chickened out because he new his job is on the line. Long over due to be fired. Anyway your misdeeds will be exposed even if you have left.
who are you to say that. who are you to judge,you should only judge when you have walked in his shoes.
Mpondela is an MMD cadre
He actually wanted to stand as MP in MMD
I have no issues with someone who decides to resign his position, just as I would have no issues if the reason is that Mr Mpondela has not run the organisation well. But this: Denied commutation of leave days? Denied salary advances when faced with problems? as reasons for work stoppage pisses me off. If the union thinks that NHA is a cash cow to be milked every January for school fees then we can forget about the real mandate of NHA. Workers should learn the discipline of saving even from their “meagre” pay for personal expenses, otherwise employees will milk themselves out of employment if NHA collapses. These are the things that lead to privatisation like Zamtel.
The reasons advanced by the union aren’t convincing
Why resign on sunday? Could he wait to resign on monday?? i smell a big rat here
that is a very silly comment. what is your point?
that is a very silly comment what was your point?
His entire management should resign including the financial manager. He knew the PF is coming for him, better to escape but too late will follow you, whereever, you will be to explain
certain things.
meant to write couldn’t he wait to resign on monday
hahahhaha ZAMBIA SHALL NOT BE SERVED. work-stoppage was to push management to pay the workers their commutation of leave days.salary advances
Which mission abroad going to?
Please Ba SATA, put these people at NHA on hourly-wage so that when they decide to stop-working because of no salary advances, they will be losing their pay by the number of hours they have this work-stoppage. NONSENSE.
As for Mpondela, investigate, him, let him explain where he found those UNMARKED ballot papers he was caught with in katondo st. during the 2006 elections. We have not forgotten
Also has this Mpondela boy stopped crewing other people’s wives? This bend-eyed man is too nyele nyele
No. 9 Doctre
You have some valid points.
#15 GOOD POINT, HOURLY WAGES ALSO MAKES WORKERS MORE RESPONSIBLE. CO’S ONE KNOWS YOU CAN ONLY BE PAID FOR THE HOURS YOU PUT IT IN.I HAVE HEARD OF WORKERS PHONING IN SICK AND MEAN WHILE TRAVEL TO CHINA FOR BUSINESS!
It is time to go and strengthen the party and provide meaningful opposition.
Thank lord.. well come to our Job Search Authority- we are in chaos with this new government. Best its to leave your Ngombe Area mansion and get into neighboring countries like Namibia or Botswana, you never make it in Zambia, its over!!
who gives a shi.t?
This is exceptional in Zambia where almost all office bearers wait to be fired. Good move, Elias. Wish you the best of luck in your future endeavours, as I know you have many! Cheers.
YOU DONT STOP WORK to push management to pay commutation of leave days and salary advances. You go on leave annually so that you rest and perform better . It is called an advance because the norm is to get it after you have worked.
These are just economic indicators of what is happening at nha on the ground whether you remove mpodela or not.
I hear nha is even failing to build prepaid houses.
Replace mpondela and see what changes
Us Zambians are a spoiled lot! But maybe we should enjoy our country.
Salary ADVANCES!! Zambians can be so stupid. You think National Housing Authority is there to sort out your financial problems, just because you are so stupid to budget. Why do you think banks exist? To loan you money..fools.
what job do you have,being a maid…? be realistic.
What? workers downing tools because no salary advance. NHA is not financial institution or microfinance co. Such funds are available form microfinance companies guys…get a life. Pondela u should not have resigned, U should have fired these *****s.
Integrity and dinity is only found in people who make the right decisions and the right time.The decision you have made is my dear friend is very important for the development and enhencement of NHA
Good riddance of bad rubbish! This chap was a corrupt and sleazy for whom the anti corruption axe kept missing and we wondered why. Did he come from the previledged tribe or was it because he has been bonking someone well connected? No sacred cow in the fight against corruption? My foot!! If the powers that be are serious, they must move in to investigate what this chap has been up to at NHA.
Mpondela..way to go my man..may you find peace where you go..pursue your other avenues in life ..education is your key!!
It’s long over due this chap has not made any progress with regard to NHA. He just uses these institutions for his own gain! Look @ how he messed up Phonix Contractors! ZAAA issue is another thing which he needs to let go!
chap my foot you dog
Here goes a thief. NAPSA money???, Taskforce Money???. Donor Money????
Mpondela messes where ever he goes . Union Bank , Zambia National Clearing and Foprwarding , Mutende , Briefly Commerce Bank and Avolone Motors , Duly Motor, Pheonix , ZAAA and NHA . Election issues in Katondo St. I can keep on and on . meesed man . Probe the guy.
At least Mpondela haz saved himself from the shame and humiliation of being fired.
A full fledged MMD cadre. He should have been fired a long time ago.
Kaponda M #35, could you please give us qualified facts? You seem to know a lot. That could help future employers in making decisions on the available “pool” of Zambian managers…
kawwalala wakantu, he knows that once he resigns no one will
#31. Who has he been bonking with connections? I am confused which one because he does so many.
Woh, what a relief! Kwashla Ku ZAA, he has overstayed there as well. Tuma post with no limit to the terms of office?
YOU PEOPLE YOU ARE JEALOUS,YOU SEEM AS IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO WHY ARE YOU EXHIBITING SUCH HATE ZAMBIANS CHANGE FROM PETTY JEALOUSIES WHY?
LEAVE ELIAS ALONE YOU ARE TOO PERSONAL.SHAME.
elias mpondela could have messd up here and there in the past but accept he is reformd and somehow he keeps bouncing back to the top jobs thats some skill dont you agree, almost that of chibamba his counterpart, keep it up guys,the lord will give you again.
#24Nubian Princess always sounds like Mushota. Are they sisters/brothers?
People look out on this page on the 10 account numbers that Elias Mpobdela has opened in the in some of the banks.It like his katemba.We the DEC,Police and ACC will act after the list is out
Mpondela thanx for heading our calls to resign and we a waiting for your bootlickers to follows suit.coming to the issue at hand is the man is monouvering to go with the vehicle he has been using but that should not be the case,he has not used the vehicle for more than 3yrs to warrant him buy the car,and interms of hand over,hw do u allow some one who has resigned to be alone in the office as in handing over?He can destroy vital info for his wrong doings ,and this has been our concern as workers and the Chief Human resources and administration manager is buys defending Mpondela that we workers should not meddle in these affairs,but one thing that this Mrs TJ Mulenga should undastand is that,the vehicle was bought using tax payers money.,More than K460,000,000.00 was spent on that in 2010
hwioefybches
nha employees are silly and petty, read their contribution and ll see you dealing with petty jelous people who for work to lazy arround and gossip. Ll neva forget hw one chap from nha treated my friend in phi over the boindary of his house. This stupid nha employee acted as if he was the law
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