By ADRIAN MWANZATHE debt swap was implemented to cushion the burden civil servants faced following the biting economic challenges resulting from Covid-19 and is not a political gimmick, the Patriotic Front (PF) has said.PF official, Mulenga Sata said the previous government wanted to help civil servants who were embroiled in debt and came up with a programme to help them have some breathing space.He said that it was unfortunate that some civil servant union groups were claiming that the move was a political gimmick aimed at hoodwinking civil servants to vote for the PF.“For me, I feel that there is nothing wrong with the move to introduce the debt swap because most of these workers accrued huge amounts of debt through loans and a debt swap was the only thing prudent to do at the moment, Mr Sata said.Mr Sata, who is the son of founding father of the PF Michael Sata, said that he […]
DEBT SWAP NOT POLITICAL GIMMICK, SAYS PF
