Wed, 13 Sep 2017 10:41:53 +0000 …as President Lungu promises to re-look maize issue By Annie Zulu FARMERS have expressed joy with President Edgar Lungu’s pledge to re-look the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) maize marketing price, saying they have been given new hope. Zambia National Farmers Union president Jervis Zimba yesterday said the President has given the sector hope just when intervention was needed. President Lungu yesterday assured farmers that he would re-look at the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) maize marketing price. This follows an outcry from the farmers over the K60 maize price for a 50 kilogramme bag as announced by FRA. Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda said President Lungu said this when he met Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) clergy who paid a courtesy call on him at State House yesterday. He said even promising to re-look at the matter was good enough because it opened […]
