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FSP fertiliser goes missing in Mambwe, reveals DC

FSP fertiliser goes missing in Mambwe, reveals DC
Written by Christopher Miti in Chipata
Friday, February 13, 2009 7:50:28 AM

MAMBWE district commissioner John Chilowa has said part of the
FSP fertiliser that was intercepted from unscrupulous dealers who were reselling the commodity in Chipata has been stolen.

Chilowa said about 36 bags of fertiliser were discovered to have gone missing early this week. He said one person had since been picked by police in connection with the matter.

“These bags were being kept at the council’s committee room and we discovered that some bags were missing when we wanted to get the bags to the farmers’ training centre for safe custody,” he said.

Chilowa said from the total of 76 bags of fertiliser that were confiscated, only 40 bags had remained.

Recently, the district administration expressed concern over the tendency by some Fertiliser Support Programme (FSP) beneficiaries to resell the inputs.

And chief Jumbe said it was unfortunate that some farmers who were supposed to benefit from FSP had no access to fertiliser.

He said the FSP was a very good programme which had been distorted by a few individuals.

“I would like to thank the government for introducing FSP but I must say there are very few baggers who want to distort it, for example some

people were selling the commodity that was meant for Mambwe in Chipata and I remember when I and the district commissioner directed people at the check point to impound vehicles that were transporting fertiliser from Mambwe to Chipata and for sure some fertilisers were confiscated,” he said.

Chief Jumbe urged the government to investigate people who were allegedly selling the fertiliser allocated to Mambwe district in Chipata.

Labels: CORRUPTION, FSP, JOHN CHILOWA

posted by MrK @ 7:50 AM