Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:28:44 +0000 By BENNIE MUNDANDO GOVERNMENT should immediately cancel the deal with grain traders which is providing maize to some millers at a subsidised rate because it is not benefiting the consumers, yet draining national coffers, the Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) has charged. ZNFU president Jervis Zimba told the Daily Nation yesterday that there were people within the corridors of power who were misinforming President Lungu by presenting to him false proposals which only benefitted a few individuals as was the case with millers. Mr. Zimba said while the Ministry of Agriculture had listed 78 millers to receive subsidised maize to lower the price of mealie-meal across the country, only 12 had been considered. He said while Government saw it plausible to partner with grain traders to help millers through the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) access maize cheaply, another problem had been created as only a few selected millers […]
