Mohadi orders top government officials to man up as citizens discontent grows
By Staff Writer
VICE President ,Kembo Mohadi has implored Ministers and all top government officials to man up and improve service delivery on the back of rising citizens discontent in the country.
The calls come on the back of rising citizenry discontent over services they are recieving from the government run institutions at the time heavy taxes have been slapped on them.This is wide ranging beginning from education, public health , transport systems , water and sanitation among many others.
So dire is the situation that even in government run schools parents now have the double jeopardy of paying high school levies ,tuition fees and also the burden of privately funding education through payments for extra lessons.
Top government officials have always made promises and issued threats against errant behaviour at public institutions but nothing tangible has been realised on the ground.
Addressing social services cluster Ministers and their deputies recently, Mohadi made a clarion call for the officials to bear in mind that citizens expect service delivery from them.
“The President says and I quote :Together , with love and unity , we will reach the promised land , we will build the Zimbabwe we all want, brick upon brick.
“The high level meetings convened by His Excellency all point to the need to serve our people diligently and honestly.We must appreciate we owe the citizens of Zimbabwe.They expect us to deliver on our promises,” said Mohadi.
He underscored that the general citizenry was concerned about service delivery and was not interested in squabbles between Ministers.
“I wish to observe that despite the differencs in your mandates , because you are form different ministries, the people we lead are least concerned about such differences.
“All they require from us is the delivery of services , the services which can improve their lives.Together , we will make a difference that matters for the people we lead,” he said.
As your leadership , Mohadi said, they saw the relevance of bringing together ministries of closely related functions to promote an integrated approach to governance.
This ,he said , has resulted in improved planning by the government as ministries have the opportunity , through clustering , to share views on common issues in their areas of responsibilities.
“Minister and deputy ministers there is this culture of ours which I find abhorrent of just referring people from one office to the other , without any results at all.
“Let us desist from this culture .We cannot have our people moved from pillar to post.Our people need genuine assistance from us .Where you cannot offer anything,please say so;let others with the calling don it.
“We owe these potions we hold to the people and those who appointed us.Please let us not betray their trust,” he added.
