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Government to create 1 million jobs in the next 5 years through IDC-President Lungu

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President Lungu delivering his address during the official opening of parliament
President Lungu delivering his address during the official opening of parliament

President Edgar Lungu has said that the PF Government will in the next five years through the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) target to create one million jobs.

Speaking when he officially opened the first session of the twelfth National Assembly this morning, President Lungu said that the government will use growth areas of agriculture, tourism, infrastructure, manufacturing and information and communication technology in line with the PF manifesto which pledges industrialization.

The President added that in the next 5 to 10 years the state owned enterprises will be listed on the Lusaka Stock Exchange so as to ensure broader citizen economic empowerment.

President Lungu said that in order to stimulate job creation; government will create an industrial policy, adding that as part of industrialization and job creation agenda, mining will continue to play a key.

President Lungu said that job creation remains high on the agenda of his administration.

On infrastructure development, President Lungu said that government will continue with infrastructure development and that government will continue with road projects such as the Link Zambia -8000,L-400 and Copperbelt 400.

President Lungu however, stated that government will under the Link Zambia-8000 prioritize economic roads. The President ssaid that 4000km of roads are currently under construction under the link Zambia 8000.

The President Lungu also proposed the creation of four new ministries namely ministry of Presidential Affairs, Ministry of water, sanitation and environmental protection, ministry of housing and infrastructure development and ministry of national guidance and religious affairs. He however, said that he is hesitating on the creation of the ministry of religious affairs following the objection from the church mother bodies.

And the president said that he expected nothing short of exemplary work from all players. The Head of State announced the introduction of performance based contracts for Permanent Secretaries in ministries adding that the vice would be extended to ministers and quasi government institutions.

“Mr Speaker my administration remains steadfast in transforming the public service into a professional, ethical and accountable institution delivering quality services to the people of Zambia,” President Lungu said.

“I am glad to inform this August house that Permanent Secretaries are now on Performance based contracts with clearly defined targets.”

He noted that this would result into high performance among Permanent Secretaries.

President Lungu announced that this programme would be rolled out to the rest of the public service.

The Head of State noted that development could not be spoken of without the recognition of the huge section the society whom are the youths.

“Their voices have been predominantly overlooked, our children. For a long time we have assumed that children should only be seen and not heard…we need to rethink our assumptions,” President Lungu said.

“We do not inherit our country from our forefathers or ancestors we borrow it from our children.”

He noted that the youths needed to be empowered and engaged at all levels of Zambia’s development agenda.

He said the youth needed to be included in participation of the national economy as entrepreneurs.

President Lungu said during his tenure the youths would be involved meaningfully in the development of the country.
“They will be active participants with a valuable voice and opinion in the decision making process. Including participation in policy direction,” he said.

President Lungu said his administration wanted to hand over the country to youths who would be well equipped to further take the country to forward.

Meanwhile, The opposition FDD has described the move by UPND MPs to boycott Parliament as ill-advised and counterproductive as the house is the only avenue which they can use to hold the Executive accountable.

FDD Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza said boycotting does not solve anything and that if their grievances are real the best thing to do is to raise their issues in Parliament.

He said MPs should realise that they cannot exercise their powers outside Parliament.

“The decision by UPND Members of Parliament to boycott parliament is ill-advised and counterproductive. Those MPs should realise that parliament is the only avenue which they can use to hold the Executive, accountable.

“Article 63 of the Republican Constitution gives parliament overall powers to oversee the performance of the executive functions and boycotting is not a solution because it simply does not solve anything. If those MPs truly have any legitimate grievances, the best thing they should do is to raise those issues and debate them on the floor of the house instead of walking away. Boycotting does not help them nor the people they claim they are representing. They cannot exercise their powers and privileges outside the House. Parliament is their only battlefield and it is the only place where they can fight their battles not outside or at the bar at Parliament Motel,” he said.

He advised the opposition to stop vilifying President Lungu and government and begin to offer constructive criticism.

“It is trifling to ponder that the role of the Opposition is to VILIFY President Edgar Lungu and his Government. The opposition has to provide constructive criticism, checks and balances and provide alternative policy direction.

“As FDD we urge those MPs to learn to use the floor of House to hold the Executive accountable. Boycotts are ineffective as parliament will continue its business even in their absence therefore there is absolutely nothing they can achieve by boycotting parliament,” he said.

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President Lungu delivering his address during the official opening of parliament
President Lungu delivering his address during the official opening of parliament

62 COMMENTS

    • In 2015 ,lungu promised to create 500,000 jobs by August 2016 .Did he create these Jobs?the opposite is true,lungu shud learn to differeciate campaign speeches and parly speeches.with IMF on the corner it is impossible to attain his kachasu dreams

    • Wow!! Now thats a very hardworking president. Lungu is the best thing to happen to Zambia since the discovery of copper. Zambia will surely prosper under his leadership.

    • Success starts with planning and goal setting. Well done ECL. Let the nay Sayers fart their vile, they will choke on it! Bye!

    • This is like counting ballot papers from Mansa, how can you expect 1 million jobs, does Edgar know how to count? 200,000 jobs a year, which is 556 jobs pay DAY.
      550 job interview a day, who will do that ECZ?

    • @ Hakainde

      Also, only incompetent and uneducated cannot understand that creating jobs cost money. When it comes to SME job creation, it is 10-25,000 USD per job. Multiply that by 1 million and then ask yourself from where will money come from? After all, we are begging IMF for paltry 1 billion and yet, one million jobs will need at least 10 times more!!!

    • Are the 1,000,000 jobs inclusive of the 500,000 he promised last year? Does he think creating jobs is as easy as rigging elections? He thinks he’s talking to small kids.

      This character is not presidential material!!

    • But there are more than THREE MILLION unemployed youths in Zambia already! And there will be more than one million recent school leavers looking for employment in the next five years.

      So what is Lungu saying? Is he telling us he will not, and has already failed, to even keep up with the RISING UNEMPLOYMENT?

      The Jamesoni has disconnected this mans mouth from his brain!

    • Even a command economy that Sata wanted to turn Zambia into, he failed to create the 1 million jobs by 2013 that he celebrated. Bakaponya are still dancing Dununa Reverse without jobs.

  1. In the second from the last picture, it is as if Hon. Dora Siliya is wondering to herself about Hon. Katambo: “Iye aba baume ninshi tabakwata lyashi”.

  2. With Andrew Chipwende at IDC, the President’s vision of creating 1 million job might not be realized. Chipwende is a staunch UPND man who was even part of the team that prepared the 10 point plan together with his friend Valentine Chitalu. Chipwende, Valentine and that crook Robinson Zulu have been scheming to rip off GRZ through IDC. Watch the space

    • Can someone please pass this information onto State House. We need performance this time around, not to be held back by people with agendas.

    • Hehehehe and somehow this one man can fail the government to attain its goal…with all the OP machinery failing to spot him except some clever blogger apparently with more information than the president ?? Phew! Ba PF muli banchito ….all your failures are owing to the UPND and it’s under five leader

    • @Shameless: this is a typical characteristic of incompetents when they are wielding power. They still do not know how to work the system to get info and results. The whole PF govt operates on innuendo, rumours, backstabbing and flip-flopping. Nobody knows and acts on facts. Probably Lungu reads these blogs to understand how Zambians think and gain “intelligence”.

  3. UPND has nothing to offer the people of Zambia. You see failure is not final, but what you do after failure is very important. It will determine whether you will succeed in future or not. Boycotting parliament when you are less than 1/3 simply does not make sense. There are people who would rather there was war in Zambia to show the world that they are right, but who would benefit from that? Even if the election was ‘stolen’ the fact remains that all legal avenues were exhausted and have not changed anything, so its time to move on mwebantu.

    • If boycotting Parliament does not make sense, why are PF and their sympathisers so bitter about the UPND absence? Why aren’t you celebrating? It shows that the UPND strategy is working. It is paining PF.

  4. I knew Mr.HH would make his MPs do the unthinkable. Working with this man is a pain in the Ass. EISH. What an ANNOYANCE . BITTERNESS IS DESTRUCTIVE. AND JEALOUSY IS A DISEASE , get well soon Mr.HH , Mr. GBM and Mr. Mumba Nevers.. CHILDISH…

    • Now he has a 5 year passport to finish Zambia, just watch the space. The dude has no Scooby doo about running a country.

  5. Women must dress properly in public Not what is displayed by D. Sliti. Lungu MUST NOT lift a fist at public events. What are you saying to non PF members?? Please DUNUNA period is gone. STOP provoking us.

  6. People get the quality of leadership they deserve.

    A violent nation like Burundi, Rwanda get Kagame type.

    A civil liberty defending nation like the UK and German get Angela Merkel.

    A rogue corrupt nation like Zambia and Zimbabwe invariably end up with ZANU-PF Lungu.

    Go to your atlas, or most likely borrow from your child’s neighbour and map leadership of a nation with critical beliefs and values of the citizens.

    Leadership reflects the nation. Lungu theft, corruption and nonsense is what many rejoice in as they are like him.

    Lutuku presido…..lutuku citizenry. Chapwa. Chagwa.

    • I cant fault you buddy, Zambia is messed up. Another 5 years of this clueless clown will condemn Zambia to stone age.

  7. lets watch the game.This is the beginning of Lungus’ down fall.Shame indeed today for first time in the history of zambia was half full.All on the other bench belong to the Bemba and Nyanja land.Any normal Zambian can see this division and yet Lungu spoke nothing on Zambia’s unity and reconciliation.He pretends all is normal and Zambia shall continue as usual under the current system of things.Zambians and Lungu wake up you can see a volcano is about to erupt.

  8. I have a question to the learned Mr speaker and LAZ what is the implication of the major Oposition political party Mps boycoting parliament?If this continues can paliament be dissolved?or by election in the affected areas?Can PF manage to go to southern,North western,Western and parts of central and Lusaka to campaign aginst UPND machinery?What should Lungu and the Church do to solve this Dormant volcano,which is about to erupt.

    • We in the places you mention, as you correctly have observed, did not vote for Lungu. As.far as we are concerned, our MPs did the correct thing. We. Can’t allow them to listen to one who half the country does not want. It’s their president and they alone should live with the miscarriage of law and order. We want nothing to do with it

  9. Dora please try to respect yourself,dress accordingly we know the boss is yours but not to show him your thighs all the time,even during swearing in ceremony it was the same.stupid and disrepectful mother.

  10. If you don’t like the REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT then cross to ZIMBABWE,NAMIBIA or ANGOLA and become refugees there.our beautiful province will be occupied by the soliz,toka leyaz,the gobaz,the nkoyaz and those you chased in NAMWALA.boycott citizenship imediately,if you don’t? then you are dung-beatles or cow dung eaters.

    • We are staying in our parts of the country and you stay in yours. Zambia does not belong to Bembas and Nyanjas. Those who oppose Lungu will make him feel their disapproval. You just have to live with it.

  11. Panda you have no heart for fellow Zambians and the concept of unity. You have no right to state that those who do not want your ECL should be refugees. Advice your president to employ the rule of law in his dealings. Let him also allow the petition to be heard. As a concerned Zambia I want to know the truth of what transpired during the elections. This election will ever remain a big puzzle in Zambian history. Whether you like it or not. ECL has not been accepted by slightly over 50% of those that cast the vote this year. This time around we shall not keep quiet until the truth is known. Your threats will not stop people from talking. The votes were muzzled up by PF.

  12. @Nitikiifi,the name UPND is in all the courts, only for wasting time.last week lungu was at the UN,why was he recognised as a legitimate Zambian president? you will cry for help but you will never find it because you are not believers in everything.

  13. Takwaba ukupela fye umunthu bu president pa mbale ati ani today you can lead Zambia,where?he has to prove beyond reasonable doubt by winning in an election.How do you go to court without a cut,without a medical report and claim that you were assaulted? only a foolish court will listen to your rubbish.

  14. Ba lungu graduates have no jobs there are just loitering in the streets helplessly you need to act fast. Hands on the job. Actions speak louder than words.

  15. Zambian amaze me. If the president says he is going to create 500,000 jobs, surely you don’t expect him to run an advert on National Mirror, Daily Mail or Even the Defunct Post Newspaper. Creating jobs is a collective thing. am aware of 6 jobs that he created. My daughter was posted as a nurse to a new health post in Luapula, My niece was posted to some secondary school as a maths teacher, i employed 4 good gentlemen at the farm late last year. If you don’t create jobs, you are a failure and eventually the president fails. think before you write.

    • @ dishonest

      1,000,000 jobs divided by 5 years = 200,000 jobs yearly divided by 52 weeks = 3,846 jobs created weekly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Try to be honest you 5tupid incompetent and uneducated arse licking and d1ck sucking 1mbecile

    • @ Honest, I hope your daughter posted as a nurse and your niece posted to a secondary school as a maths teacher will ACTUALLY GET PAID! Because Lungus government is BROKE!!!! and unless the IMF has suddenly changed into Gods angels, there is going to be MASSIVE FIRING of government employees.

      Jobs are created by good management of the economy, eliminating waste and corruption, and an enabling environment for businesses to grow and prosper.

      Lungu has shown he is absolutely CLUELESS on all of these, with mining taxes confusion and flip flopping, expensive plane charters, allowing corruption (even his own corruption that has put $23 million into his bank account), and making businesses unviable by massive government borrowing that has driven up INTEREST RATES and INFLATION to 38%…

    • Lungu has shown he is absolutely CLUELESS on all of these, with mining taxes confusion and flip flopping, expensive plane charters, allowing corruption (even his own corruption that has put $23 million into his bank account), and making businesses unviable by massive government borrowing that has driven up INTEREST RATES and INFLATION to 38% and 22%

      Wake up and smell the coffee! And pass on some condolences to your niece and daughter that will spend their lives in poverty to pay of PF kaloba that Lungu wasted on Jamesoni parties in New York.

  16. I have now come to fully believe Zambians are generally lethargic Stu.pid *****s! I mean, we all know the record of the PF and this Chagwa praying mantis of theirs, vile stinking clueless liars they are. Any people who would allow such a dick head to ravage them are worse *****s, and they are called Zambians!

  17. Lungu is really a pathetic failure and has no clue how the economy functions. The only jobs he is going to create is by creating new ministries because this is very easy for him and basically it is the only economic tool he has in his tool box.

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