17 HOURS LOAD SHEDDING AN ECONOMIC DISASTER -BOB SICHINGA
BOB Sinchinga has said the 17 hours of load shedding announced by government is not only an economic disaster but also social and environmental problem that requires urgent and immediate attention.
Mr Sichinga a former Minister of Commerce and Industry said what was more worrying was that there were no solutions coming in on the part of government apart from acknowledging that that the crisis was as a result of the drought.
He said power could be purchased from elsewhere but the he government was not talking about importation of electricity and yet the country was going through a serious power deficit that has hugely affected the performance of the economy.
Circumstances beyond our control, nature can sometimes over turn our desires.No person is happy with this climate change and it’s effects.It is just prudent to understand and take remedial measures in future so that history doesn’t repeat itself.Let us now avoid depending too much on hydro power.New technology has come let us not be left behind.
Saudi Arabia has no rain to speak of,yet there’s no load shedding! Government is not for people with no initiative. We thought the “Bally will fix it” slogan was an all weather spanner !!!
Everything is someone’s faul as far as the argument goes! Abundant sun shine is surely God’s gift to Zambia. You should have been proactive ba saa!!!