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(LUSAKATIMES) DC bemoans bureaucracy in input distribution

DC bemoans bureaucracy in input distribution
Friday, November 27, 2009, 18:18

Solwezi District Commissioner Frobisher Fulayi has appealed to the Ministry of Agriculture to urgently send deposit books to the district to enable farmers access fertilizer.

Mr. Fulayi said the district had run out of deposit books and this has delayed the issuance of fertilizer to farmers in the whole district.

Speaking in an interview with ZANIS today, Mr. Fulayi said that with the absence of the deposit books, farmers cannot be issued the fertilizer as they would not be able to deposit the 20% contribution to enable them access the inputs.

He said the Ministry should send the books by Monday November 30th so that farmers can start accessing fertilizer adding that further delays would greatly impact on the yields for most of them.

Mr. Fulayi said it was sad to note that the bureaucratic way of input distribution still existed even after government had issued directives to stop the trend.He noted that the bureaucratic tendencies would only hinder government efforts to fight hunger and extreme poverty.

Mr. Fulayi said government was working hard by ensuring that inputs are in the country and distributed to all parts of the country as early as possible.

He added that deposit books should be made available to Provincial Agriculture Coordinating Offices so that districts that run out of the documents can easily request and access the books.

ZANIS

Labels: CORRUPTION, FSP, RED TAPE

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