Nambia: NWR Outsources Resorts Management Including Petrol Stations
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
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The commercial arm of the Environment and Tourism Ministry, the Namibia
Wildlife Resorts (NWR), has stepped up its turnaround strategy by
getting into partnerships with the private sector. This inlcudes the
upgrade of nine service stations.
NWR entered into a number of public-private partnership (PPP)
agreements for the upgrade and management of some of its resorts in
central Namibia. All agreements involve a lease component varying from
10 to 50 years, with a monthly rent of N$10 000 to N$26 000, as well as
a component of turnover or income sharing payable to NWR. The signing
fees for all these agreements amounted to N$7,4 million, while the
overall investments amounted to N$558 million.
DPF Energy and Minerals will take over the management of the nine fuel
service stations in the NWR properties and will invest N$7 million to
upgrade the facilities.
The Managing Director of NWR, Tobie Aupindi, justifies the move as one
that has been provided for in the NWR Act and one that forms a
fundamental component of the turnaround strategy of the company.
Minister of Environment and Tourism, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, also
emphasised that the public-private strategic partnerships were needed
to share the burden of investment. She said this will also create
synergy and common interest among different players, as tourism has
been considered as one of the sectors open to only a few.
Nandi-Ndaitwah warned that the broad principles of the NWR
public-private partnership agreements prohibits any alienation of
property that environmental protection must be adhered to and that the
interests of the employees involved will be protected.
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