Tue, 03 Oct 2017 10:51:18 +0000 GOVERNMENT has saved K1 million since the launch of the e-voucher mode of dispatching inputs for the Farmer Input Support Programme in the 2016/2017 farming season, Finance Minister, Felix Mutati has disclosed. Mr Mutati said by going electronic in the dispatching of inputs, the number of beneficiaries had reduced from 1, 600 farmers to having 1, 000 farmers adding that the electronic process had removed ghost farmers from the register. Speaking during a public discussion on the 2018 national budget held in Lusaka over the weekend, Mr Mutati said the government was hoping to improve domestic revenue resource mobilisation by cleaning up the system. He also said the Finance ministry was working towards cleaning up the payroll and remove ghost employees that had continued to benefit from Government resources. “We are also cleaning up the government workers payroll since it currently accounts for 51 percent of domestic revenue. We […]
