Lungu directs cabinet to make submissions to Finance Minister

KAMPAMBA MULENGAPresident Edgar Lungu has directed cabinet to ensure that all ministries present their ministerial needs to finance minister Felix Mutati.

Government spokesperson Kampamba Mulenga says this is because it will help the finance minister include their submissions during the preparations of the 2018 national budget.

And Ms. Mulenga has disclosed that she will engage the ministry of finance to enhance budgetary allocation towards  the recruitment of media personnel in public media houses countrywide.

Ms. Mulenga tells Qnews that the media is very important as it plays an important role in disseminating information to the general public.

She says government lacks media representation in the country’s most rural areas.

Ms. Mulenga has added that it is in this vein that her ministry wants to enhance budgetary allocations next year, towards the recruitment of media personnel.

She says her ministry will advocate for a better allocation in the recruitment of media personnel in the country.

Ms. Mulenga says Zambians need a broader spectrum of the media, so that they are widely informed about governments major developments.

 

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