Thursday, March 28, 2024

AVAP hails K20bn allocation to Kasama airport rehab

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The Anti Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) in Northern Province has commended Government for allocating K20 billion in this year’s National Budget towards the rehabilitation of Kasama Airport.

AVAP Provincial Coordinator Kelly Kashiwa said the funds would go a long way in uplifting the status of the Airport to international standards.

Mr. Kashiwa, who toured the on-going construction works at Kasama Airport, described the quality of works being done by PAMACO Construction Company as impressive.

He told ZANIS that the rehabilitation of Kasama Airport would greatly assist in boosting economic activities in Northern Province.

Mr. Kashiwa noted that the tourism sector will benefit immensely from the project because tourists arrivals to the Province would shoot up.

The AVAP Coordinator pointed out that the Province has great tourism potential because of its abundant natural resources.

Last year, Government commenced the rehabilitation the Kasama Airport in order for it to meet internationally acceptable standards and that once completed, it would be able to accommodate larger aircrafts thereby increase economic activities taking place in the northern region.

And Mr. Kashiwa has appealed to the Ministry of Works and Supply to consider increasing funding to road construction projects in Northern Province as most road networks in the area were in a deplorable state.

He observed that infrastructure development was vital if Zambia is to achieve sustainable development.

Meanwhile, Mr. Kashiwa has praised the good leadership qualities of the acting Provincial Permanent Secretary Gabriel Kaunda in as far as the management of government affairs in the Province was concerned.

He said through the Office of the PS, most Government departments were now receiving their monthly funding in good time and as a result implementation of developmental programmes has become efficient and effective.

Mr. Kashiwa further said there was an improvement in the way government affairs were being executed in the Province as civil servants were now adopting a positive working culture.

6 COMMENTS

  1. Kashiwa, there are better ways of seeking and getting publicity. If your comments are as a private citizen, well done but, if you are speaking as AVAP Coordinator, well, my man I see no correlation between your role and praising government servants

  2. Stupid Kashiwa, why are you counting the eggs before they hatch. Mere allocation of money on paper should not send you shivering, man! I can assure you come the completion of the renovations that station will not be anywhere close to even a railway station in ALL other countries. Our sitting tenants in gvt travel all over the world and yet they have got no shame to call the rubbish back home ” to international standards” *****s.

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