“STOP LIVING IN DENIAL, DEAL WITH CHALLENGES IN THE COUNTRY” – CHITALU CHILUFYA TELLS NEW DAWN
…Says Zambians are failing to procure basic commodities because of high prices
Lusaka—Tuesday, February 14, 2023
SMART EAGLES
The Patriotic Front PF Presidential Candidate Hon. Dr Chitalu Chilufya has challenged government to own up and address challenges that country is grappling with.
“We must address the challenges we are facing in the country today. We should not be in denial, Zambians are hungry. When people have no food it’s a recipe for anarchy. And today Zambians are failing to procure basic commodities because of price,” he said.
“The cost of fuel is high, children under five, pregnant women, adults, grown adults are succumbing to premature death because of lack of medicines, because of poor service delivery… it is important that government owns up and make sure that they address these matters. The shrinking democratic space in the country…”He added
He said living in denial is refusing to provide a solution as he drew government’s attention on the drug shortages in the country.
“We need to ensure that all these matters, government owns up and addresses them. It is important that government accommodates divergent views and should take feedback as a basis for improved performance. Living in denial is refusing to solve a problem. If you refuse through Parliament that you don’t have a crisis in the health sector, even when stakeholders are insisting, including the people who are giving instructions are insisting…,” he said.
And Dr.Chilufya has challenged government to admit that it has messed up the agriculture sector.
“If we refuse that we have messed up the agriculture sector when we can see that we are distributing fertilizer in February, something that has never happened, then we are not ready to resolve the problem.” He added.
He explained that this is the reason frustration levels are increasing in the people.
Dr Chilufya said “and that is the reason the previous callers are saying that they want the Patriotic Front to return to power so that the country gets back to its path of sustainable development. PF party we will ensure that we align the party back to its Vision 2030, to lift Zambians out of poverty, to ensure that Zambia attains the status of a prosperous country by the year 2030 by translating our natural resources into wealth,” He said .
“We are blessed with minerals, we are blessed with available land, plenty water, light and all these put together in addition to our natural resources and our human capital, we are certain that with visionary and transformational leadership, selfless leadership, Zambia will be back on its path to sustainable development.” He added.