Sinkamba calls for more investments in manufacturing sector

Green Party president Peter Sinkamba has noted the reduction in price of cement on the market following the entry on the market by Dangote Industries Zambia Limited.

Mr Sinkamba says there is need for more investors to invest in manufacturing in order to push the prices further down.

And Mr Sinkamba says while the creation of 1,000 direct jobs by Dangote Industries Zambia Limited is welcome, there is need for the country to create more jobs to absorb the approximately six million unemployed youths in the country.

President Edgar Lungu on Tuesday commissioned the US$400 million Dangote Cement Plant in Ndola rural which has a production capacity of 1.5 million metric tons per annum.