Stakeholders welcome recruitment of teachers, health workers
THE Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) in Muchinga says it is happy with the government’s plan of recruiting 30, 000 teach- ers and 11, 200 health work- ers next year.
ZCTU Muchinga Province regional coordinator, Nondo asanda said the recruitment of the teachers and health workers will improve service delivery in both the education and health sectors.
Mr. Kasanda said the huge
recruitment exercise will be happening for the first time after many years saying this confirms the new dawn ad- ministration’s commitment to transform the economic and social landscape of the country. He further said the recruitment of civil servants next year will help fight un- employment and poverty lev- els which he said were on the rise.
Meanwhile, Mr Kasanda added the congress is also
happy with plans to dismantle outstanding arrears for retir- ees who had suffered so much.
“The paying out of retirees will go a long way towards social protection of our senior citizens,” Mr Kasanda said.
He has appealed to national union leaders to negotiate for better salary increment for civil servants during negotia- tions with government as the
cost of living is high. “Workers are going through
tough time due to low sala- ries and I want to appeal to our national union leaders to settle for a better salary incre- ment,” he said. On Friday last week, Minister of Finance, Situmbeko Musokotwane presented the proposed K173 billion 2022 National Budget. – ZANIS
