GOVERNMENT must be commended for ensuring that funds meant to improve the living standards of the people are released.No one can deny that people are going through hard times with money to meet their daily needs hard to come by.It is heartening that the government has prioritised the social protection programmes that have a huge bearing on people’s daily lives.Finance and National Planning Minister, Situmbeko Musokotwane announced yesterday that the government has released K1.46 billion for social protection programmes of which, K1 billion is targeted at paying pensioners under the Public Service Pensions Fund (PSPF).Dr Musokotwane said the K1 billion released to PSPF for pensioners was to safeguard their livelihoods and ensure that the money that they laboured for during their time of service, was in their hands.The K1 billion released for pensioners should go a long way in easing the plight of those who have been struggling for years to access the money they […]
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