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All Government ministries and departments must to align their operations to the 7NDP-Mvunga

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Deputy Secretary to Cabinet Christopher Mvunga
Deputy Secretary to Cabinet Christopher Mvunga

Governnment has urged all ministries and departments to ensure that they align their operations to the Seventh National Development Plan ( 7NDP ).

Deputy Secretary to Cabinet for Finance and Economic Development Christopher Mvunga says its cardinal for all government ministries and departments to ensure that their respective operations are in line with the country’s national development goals as outlined in the 7NDP.

Speaking after touring stands for government ministries and departments, Mr Mvunga said aligning ministry and departmental targets to the 7NDP is cardinal in attaining the set out national development goals.

“ All programmes and activities ( by ministries and departments ) must be centred on the five pillars of poverty reduction, reducing development inequalities, enhancing human development, economic diversification and promoting conducive governance environment, “ he said.

He explained that it was for this reason that President Lungu created the Ministry of National Development Planning in order to be the focal point for driving government’s agenda of national development and the attainment of agendas 2030 and 2063 which seek to enhance Zambia’s stride to be a developed country.

The Deputy Secretary to Cabinet challenged the private sector to take advantage of the prevailing conducive business environment that government has created and do business by investing in the various key sectors of the economy.

Mr Mvunga said government is punting agriculture and industrialisation hence the need for the private sector to work with the ministry of national development planning in order to

5 COMMENTS

  1. Two weeks ago one drunkard Maggie made a statement about implementing austerity measures suspending all projects…today this drunkard Mvunga is talking about 7 NDP.

    • The left hand is in the dark of what the right hand is doing! A drunken government by the drunk for the sober!!

    • The left hand is in the dark of what the right hand is doing! A drunken government by the drunk for the sober.

      No no no no no. Zambians are also drunk. We were drunk for 27 years, Chiluba came and sobered us up briefly before he started making us drunk again. Mwanawasa and RB were not there long enough to do anything to us. For Lungu it was a case of drunkenness is contagious. Dununa reverse and there rest of the stuff are bonuses.

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