Entrépo Finance says Namibia's money chief Ericah Shafudah is ignoring a court order about keeping the payroll system running for government worker loan deductions. The microlender wants Judge Lotta Ambunda to make Shafudah file paperwork explaining how she plans to get the Payroll Deductions Management System working again, and they might push for contempt charges with jail time or fines if she keeps dodging compliance.
Shafudah claims she never blocked new deductions from getting loaded into the system, but Entrépo boss Liffie Champion says the company got locked out after the ministry ditched its contractor Avril Payroll Deduction Management and switched to some manual process run by humans. Champion is sweating over 70,327 pending transactions worth N$70 million that could get stuck in limbo.
The finance minister argues that her old contract expired and the court never told her to renew it, while her team sets up internal structures to handle payments for teachers and cops by midweek.
Shafudah claims she never blocked new deductions from getting loaded into the system, but Entrépo boss Liffie Champion says the company got locked out after the ministry ditched its contractor Avril Payroll Deduction Management and switched to some manual process run by humans. Champion is sweating over 70,327 pending transactions worth N$70 million that could get stuck in limbo.
The finance minister argues that her old contract expired and the court never told her to renew it, while her team sets up internal structures to handle payments for teachers and cops by midweek.
