ZNS PROMISED MORE FUNDING FOR TRAINING CENTERS

By Masauso Mkwayaya

President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA has pledged to find money for the Zambia National Service to enable it establish more Training Schools and Skills Centers.

President HICHILEMA says ZNS training schools and skills will contribute to the country’s economic transformational and recovery agenda.

And the Head of State has challenged ZNS to go beyond protecting the country’s territorial integrity and take Agriculture as a business.

He says ZNS should be aligned to government’s stratergies and objectives of turning around the economic fortunes of the country through enhanced Agricultural activities.

The President has urged ZNS to recruit skilled manpower that will make the service more productive and add value to their produce such as Maize.

Mr. HICHILEMA said this at the -ZNS- Kafue Training School during a passout parade for 2- hundred and 90 officer cadets of intake 04, 2020.

And, Defence Minister AMBROSE LUFUMA said the ministry will be the flagship of sustainable development in the country.

Mr LUFUMA said ZNS will soon start flooding the local market with mealie meal and maize bran.

And ZNS- Commandant Lieutenant General MALITI SOLOCHI has pledged to ensure that all virgin land under the care of the service is made productive.

General SOLOCHI said the service is also in the process of acquiring two high tech combined harvesters aimed at increasing production capacity at its various farms across the country.

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