The government has launched the Southern Province Youth empowerment scheme with a call for a change of mindset among would-be beneficiaries for the program to produce positive results.
Youth, Sport, and Arts Minister Elvis Nkandu has aid that youths intending to benefit from the scheme should apply with minds to pay back the loans in order for other youths to benefit after them.
Mr. NKANDU says Government will NOT allow a situation where beneficiaries take advantage of the scheme applying with a preconceived mind of NOT paying back the loans.
Launching the program in Choma District, Mr. NKANDU said the youth scheme targets to benefit about 2-hundred and 69 young people who are from extremely vulnerable households.
And Southern Province Minister CORNELIUS MWEETWA said the scheme will provide an opportunity for youths who were directed NOT to take over the running of markets and bus stations in the Province.
Mr. MWEETWA further urged youths to take advantage of the programmes and form cooperatives to create employment for themselves.
From now on development will only go to upnd stronghold. We warned you about this. Just look at the youth apportionment of employment. Only the already rich kids of ministers getting jobs. Pf was a party for everyone rich, poor, middle class etc everyone had a piece of the cake
The great equaliser. Every dog has its day.
WHY ONLY S PROVINCE??
THIS STINKS!!!
Don’t take comments from Kaizar seriously, these are people whose brain is on standstill arising from the August elections loss, were they lied to one another that they were popular. These comments from them are what are called side effects in medical terms after that drapping in August
Kaizer Zulu, just stup up you stole millions from us poor Zambians and now that Bally is treating you with kids gloves you have the guts to think we don’t know the damage you and Lungu caused. What business were you involved in before going to state house that you are now a millionaire.
You got Mwalitata and others arrested denied bail for over 1 year coz of your evil rigging scheme in 2016. Today you want to mock us. Your days are numbered just wait and see
It is really shameful for people like Kaizar Zulu to pass these comments, as we all know how tribal PF was was.
This is the corruption people were expecting, when did southern province become the capital city of Zambia this must stop it is illegal Zambia must be free from tribal inclination.
Zambians are not interested in the southern province nonsense.
Chabota
Politicians make the single largest specie of slow learners. Elvis Nkandu and his Ministry don’t qualify to be fund managers so how are they going to manage these loans? They don’t even have tools to assess the viability of the proposed projects. Elvis Nkandu expects us to trust him because he’s not Kambwili, are we that naive? ZANAMA funds weren’t properly accounted for and it’s one of the reasons he was kicked out of Chisokone market. The same call he has made on those that got money during the PF reign will also be made on those that are getting the money now, so what’s the difference? Instead of hiding behind empowerment just say you’re rewarding your cadres. I’ll be surprised if this money will be recovered