Subsidy removal to benefit poor

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Lands, Natural Resources and

Environmental Protection deputy Minister Danny Chingimbu says the

removal of fuel and maize subsidies will enable government re-channel

the money saved towards the protection of vulnerable groups.

 

Mr Chingimbu said that government removed the fuel and maize subsidies in

order to equitably spread national resources to all Zambians majority

of whom are the poor living below the poverty line in rural areas.

 

Mr Chingimbu said this when he was addressed residents at Sikufele and

Kanaji-Chilanda primary schools in Manyinga and Kabompo districts

respectively.

 

Mr. Chingimbu explained that according to the current living

conditions monitoring survey, 60.5 percent of Zambia’s population

lives below the poverty line.

 

He said majority of people owning vehicles and consuming more fuel are

in urban areas but that many rural people do not own cars

and thereby do not benefit from fuel subsidies.

 

Mr Chingimbu further explained that the Patriotic Front (PF)

administration is a pro-poor government that wants to see living

standards of the poor improved.

 

He said the removal of fuel and maize subsidies will enable government

re-channel the money towards education, health, general infrastructure

and community amenities such as water and sanitation.

 

He further said that the PF government wants to allocate more funds to

social protection, hospitals, provision of drugs and other medical supplies.

 

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