Copperbelt Provincial Minister Bowman Lusambo extended the olive branch this morning when he hosted a breakfast meeting for Copperbelt based Clergymen at Protea hotel.
Mr Lusambo said government on the Copperbelt has embarked on a serious diversification programme of the province from being a predominantly mining province to an agricultural province that should be able to feed the country as well as the rest of the Southern African region.
ZANIS reports that Mr Lusambo said that diversification programme can only be attained if the church comes on board and partners with government by encouraging their members to venture in agricultural practices.
“As a church you must partner with government on our diversification programme of the Copperbelt Province from mining to agriculture. You must encourage your members to start practicing agriculture,’ he said.
And speaking earlier Ndola Pastors Fellowship Chairman Mulenga Chilekwa said the gesture by the provincial Minister of interacting with the Clergy on the first day of the New Year was a good gesture that shows that he has a godly vision for leading the province.
Pastor Chilekwa said government must also have a listening ear to what the general citizenry are raising.
And United Church of Zambia (UCZ) Copperbelt Presbytery Chair Reverend Chipasha Musaba, said there is need for the church to tap into the different opportunities that government had created through the 2018 national budget.
Oh well, Just bribe them or rather buy them and tell them they are Christians for Lungu.
No one is interested in that Lusambo, what a jerk.
This is how poor lungu’s judgment is this kaponya was no more than a call boy in mmd but come PF and lungu ati minister!
OMG are there no capable people no wonder kambwili is fuming!
Ifipuba everywhere fyeka fyeka!
And how on earth did this rascal end up in that church meeting?
MR. LUSAMBO KEEP YOUR POLITICS OUT OF THE CHURCH.
Some people only hear when songs of praise are done for them and not otherwise.
Diversification to Agriculture? Your Mini Star for Agriculture is busy enjoying selling her bottom to the highest bidder. Namufilwafye bakose mumpoto
Just beat them and threaten them until they partner with you, o MMD Die Hard Spokesman Bowman Lusambo. Your government is of course much bigger and better than than God
I don’t think the Carholic Clergy can join Lusambo for that breakfast at a hotel while their parishioners have no breakfast. They are not so hungry or easily corrupted. Bowman knows who to target not Eklesia.
Good call! Satanists will say, “No!”
Which kind of “church” want to be associated with endemic corruption, theft, thuggery, murder, rape, disregard of law, disregard of Ten Commandments, creation of self-anointed “Messiah”, intellectual failures with fake doctorates……………..?
The clergy are willing to sell their birth right for a plate of scrambled eggs, toasted bread and apple juice. Why should they exalt the man and see godly leadership instead of seeing political will. The clergy must always speak for the voiceless and the vulnerable. Sad.