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Former US Ambassador to Zambia praises PF

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Former United States of America (USA) Ambassador to Zambia Frank Wisner has praised the Patriotic Front (PF) government for its continued support to improving the education standards in the country.

Ambassador Wisner said the world today was a hungry place which could only be satisfied once fed with information that can be accessed through people’s ability to read widely.

Speaking today when he visited Katete District to check on libraries built and supported by the Room to Read NGO, Amb Wisner who represented his country from 1979 to 1982 said he was happy to see the various advancements in the education sector that Zambia has achieved.

He observed that during the years when he served as United Sates of America Ambassador to Zambia was still faced with many challenges that hampered development.

He noted that today Zambia can boast of enjoying good economic opportunities because of the peace that the country has continued to enjoy.

Amb Wisner said it was said then that the Zambian government at the start of its democratic rule sought to monopolize services a situation which he described as unfortunate and detrimental to development.

He however noted that with the change of governments Zambia today is enjoying a free economy which has seen the country develop further.

Meanwhile , Ambassador Wisner has challenged the government to invest more in education.

He said in order for the economy to grow there was need for government to open its economy to investors and also enter into partnerships that could benefit the public.

Amb Weisner also said that it was time that government ventured more into diversification and move away from copper as the major driver of the economy.

He said the world was now looking for more business opportunities in agriculture as the major economic sector that could feed masses.

He also advised farmers to work on value addition to their products in order to meet the market standards.

Amb Wisner observed that Zambia is endowed with many economic opportunities which if well utilized could develop the country from where it was today to greater heights.

9 COMMENTS

  1. There you Mr Obama has praised Mr Sata

    That is the meaning of it all.

    The most powerful man in the WORLD has praised President Sata

    Thanks

    • The most senseless and idle blogger is talking us for ******s again.A bucketful of spit is better than your badly constructed ideas.

    • Mushota, what s wrong in your understanding of an english sentence? THE AMBASSADOR? NOT THE PRESIDENT? Obama has more important things to do than be used by you in your petty comments. thank you. LOL

    • “Former United States of America (USA) Ambassador to Zambia Frank Wisner has praised the Patriotic Front (PF) government for its continued support to improving the education standards in the country”…simple & plan, are you a Tonga??

  2. I hope most of you heard of the passing of Dr Maurice Chimfwembe Lundu (a much loved father to my cousins ); who was one of university of Zambia’s foremost librarian expert. He was responsible for computerising much of the library resources at the Copperbelt site. Recently, while researching at the British Library, London, I found his research and various other tomes he wrote on the subject raised in this article, on the importance of education and how libraries are important for both formal and informal learning. You can google him and most of his books are availed via Amazon. Access to local Libraries in each community in Zambia is imperative and I hope the gov’t will not overlook spending on this resource.

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