Sat, 08 Apr 2017 10:24:19 +0000 COPPERBELT minister Bowman Lusambo has applauded Mpongwe-based farmers for giving K250,000 towards the upgrading of the Mpongwe-Machiya road to bituminous standard. Mr Lusambo said it was Government’s desire to ensure that development was taken to all parts of the country. He said Government was diversifying the economy of the Copperbelt from copper dependence to agriculture and other precious minerals with the target being Mpongwe, Lufwanyama and Masaiti. “I am happy that this year, we will have a bumper harvest. So we need to work on the roads, especially this Mpongwe-Machiya road which is key to our farmers and to realise President Edgar Lungu’s vision of creating one million jobs,” he said. He said once worked on the road would boost the agriculture sector and called on investors to take up the arable land in the area. He said it was Government’s desire to take services closer to the people […]
