Resign, Mtolo Phiri told
…for mismanaging the country's strategic food reserves, thereby plunging the country into a food crisis
| By ROGERS KALERO |
MTOLO Phiri, the Agriculture Minister should resign on moral grounds for allegedly mismanaging the country’s strategic food reserves thereby plunging the country into a food crisis, a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) has said.
Eugene Mulenga, national coordinator for Sustainable Resource Empowerment Initiative (SuNREI) said Zambia was in a food crisis because Mr Phiri has failed to manage the country’s strategic food reserves when he allowed the export of the maize grain to neighbouring countries.
Mr Mulenga said in a statement that instead of being defensive and being economical with the truth, Mr Mtolo should accept that he had mismanaged the country’s strategic food reserves leading to government being compelled to import the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) maize and mealie meal.
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