By OLIVER SAMBOKOGOVERNMENT has not paid a single ngwee to Alpha Commodities for supply of fertiliser to Southern Province contrary to lies being peddled by the Patriotic Front, says Agriculture Minister Mtolo Phiri.Mr Phiri who lost his temper on the floor of Parliament was responding to Kabushi Member of Parliament Bowman Lusambo who wondered why Government did not use the $50 million paid to Alpha Commodities to pay farmers who delivered maize to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA).Mr Phiri said it’s unfair for Mr Lusambo to continue deliberately peddling lies on the issue knowing too well that this has potential to mislead the public.He said those peddling lies about Government having paid $50 million to Alpha Commodities should stop because one of them is going to land in trouble.Meanwhile, Mr Phiri said the government is concerned that some farmers who supplied maize to the FRA have not been paid their money.He said government is in […]
NO MONEY HAS BEEN PAID TO ALPHA – AGRIC MINISTER
