Minster of Higher Education Nkandu Luo has given China Energy Engineering Group, (CEEG) one month to expedite works at FTJ University in Mansa in Luapula Province.
Professor Luo says government has already paid the contractor, 15 percent of the 225 million dollar contract amount for both FTJ Mansa and FTJ Kasama Universities.
She says the contractor should expedite works because the people of Luapula cannot wait to have a University in the province.
Professor Luo says the project will reduce on the cost of accessing higher education for the people in the province.
She said this during the inspection of FTJ University in Mansa before proceeding to Mwense District.
And CEEG Regional Director Liao Chen assured the minister that there will be progress at the site.
Mr. Liao said the site has a challenge with electricity for making blocks for construction works.
What would make sense is allocation of GRZ resources provinces should be proportionate to contribution to national GDP by that particular province. Surely how can there be universities in construction in Luapula, Northern and Muchinga provinces when these are the least productive provinces in the country? There is no university being built in NWP nor Southern provinces and yet the contribution to national GDP is very high.
It is never just a case of building structures when it comes to creating an institution of advanced learning.
We have seen the problems CBU is having with medical school.
That is what this PF government does not understand. It is not about quantity, but quality.
Can Luo tell us how many universities are in Western and Southern provinces?
Let’s do it! Let’s develop this thing! It is UNELECTABLE and full of HaJEALOUSY.
@HaCHI FOURNTEEN @BaLazo HaTRIBALISTS #1.2, CAN MUTINTA HICHILEMA & HAKAINDE MENTAL tell us how many TONGAs are in PF from SOUTHERN & WESTERN PROVINCES?
Enough of using our hard earned taxes for tribal developmental projects. $225million of our taxes. The rest of us Zambians need to rise against these tribalists.
What type of procurement route was this? Is this project funded via China Exim Bank? Why are you paying 15% of $200+ million….if this is loaned money you should have all the money in the bank? PF always issuing halfbaked information…on their wasteful overpriced projects.
In the UK they would build more than just 10 secondary schools with £200million using strategic framework agreements not these overpriced outdated Chink designs.
@Sharon, stop being a nincompoop. If you hate HH and his wife so much why don’t you channel your energy into writing his obituary, to please yourself. You are like somebody who eats plenty of beans and keeps on farting at “every meal time/ conversation” (you are always diverting attention from every article on this platform). I don’t know why I am even bothered to respond, when I feel like vomiting from your lack of objectivity and tribal sentiments. I hope you are not a victim of racism!
$225million to build a university? I hope that university is bigger than UNZA.
Rwanda just build a very beautiful new university for arts for just about $2million….. But in Zambia that amount cant even build a toll plaza.
We are doomed!!
I keep saying that ba PF is a TAKA-TAKA government, let’s kick them in the teeth come 2021
K225 Million Dollars for two universities? How?
Are we now given to understand that there will be Makasa,Mushindo,FTJ 1 and FTJ 2 Universities in these three provinces which are so close to each other?
I visited Abilene in Texas in 1993 and there are THREE UNIVERSITIES opposite one another. Since it is by ABAZUNGU I am sure The tribalist organisation will approve this message than approving our own with universities in different places and not at the same place. Also no one has said they will NEVER build in Southern and Western Provinces. I think HAZALUZA HAGAIN.
And what was the cost of the toll plaza?
Only in Zambia…in UK councils sign contracts for more for half that and it involves minimum 3 major firms.
Have they even thought this through?
Do they have enough lecturers to fill these new positions?
If not checked, such moves of creating universities for the sake of it will devalue out educational standard even further.
They are shutting down medical schools because of lack of qualified lecturers, yet spending money building useless structures to wow support from villagers. What do they smoke?
What is the problem? Are you not the same people who say HH has money and will finish all the problems in bantustan? Is it not nombaline he built a school in Namwala which he commissioned himself disregarding boma and lam told he is also building a university in your area. Rubbish. In my language we say akaboko kakonka akabiye. Let the people of Liverpool and north recieve their dividends. He is the president of southern province that is why he is invited to grace traditional ceremonies like ciyundu chaitwa. Whatever it means…..
How do they finish building when only 15% is paid.