By SANFROSSA MANYINDAPRESIDENT Lungu must overhaul the National Trust Fund for Persons with Disabilities (NTFPD) because it is denting the image of his administration, Zambia Deaf Youths, Women and Children (ZDYWC) has said.ZDYWC Executive Director Frankson Musukwa said the attitude of officers in public institutions like NTFPD was negative, hence failing to meet their mandate.Last week, ZDYWC petitioned President Lungu to dissolve the National Trust Fund for Persons with Disabilities on allegations that it had failed to empower persons with disabilities with microfinance and skills.The micro finance and skills were important to economic sustainability and independent living. ZDYWC also alleged that the Trust Fund had become a burden and was wasting public resources that were not reaching the intended beneficiaries.A request was therefore made to the Head of State to engage the office of the Auditor General to investigate how the funds were being used to advance the objectives stipulated in the Persons with Disabilities […]
DISABILITIES TRUST FUND GETS MORE BASHING
