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ADD Accuses Govt of Hiding Magnitude of Mines’ Problem
The opposition Alliance for Development and Democracy (ADD) has accused Government of concealing the magnitude of the problem in the mining industry.
ADD President Charles Milupi says he suspects government has also realized that there is very little it can do about the problem in the mining industry.
He notes that this is evidenced by how President Edgar Lungu has now taken a political route by issuing statements to show that he is doing something about the problem when in fact not.
Mr. Milupi has told Qfm News by telephone that this also explains why mining companies have continued on path of winding up operation despite the recent meetings the President held with them.
Mr. Milupi states that by laying off workers and placing their operations on care and maintenance, mining companies are merely making business decisions.
He says there is need to address fundamentals of the economy that are causing sectors of the economy such as Mining, Agriculture and Manufacturing to be under stress.
He adds that what is even more unfortunate is that the PF government missed the opportunity to raise enough reserves when global copper prices were high by refusing to introduce windfall tax.
Mr. Milupi notes that had these taxes been introduced in the mining industry, the government would have had enough revenue to intervene in the economy and save jobs in the Mines.
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Hello Haters
November 12, 2015 at 10:25 am
Biggest challenge about lies, you have to cover the first lie with another lie, then another lie…. , in the end you have a chain of lies clinging to your throat till you can’t breath anymore. PFool is maningi trouble.
ndaje Kakhs
November 12, 2015 at 11:36 am
Milupi is a former ZCCM Manager and knows what he talking about. Unlike your HH Milupi knows that the Mines are business and no one will make them carry extra baggage for no profit.
ndaje Kakhs
November 12, 2015 at 11:44 am
He has said what all over us including Lungu etc are failing to say. KK warned you that Mining is a wasting asset and therefore not reliable.
Hello Haters
November 12, 2015 at 12:06 pm
Finally acknowledgement from a pf cadre that lungu, went to do no thing in kopala, but just to have a feel of the reconstructed presidential lodge. Wastefulness of government resources at its best.
ndaje Kakhs
November 12, 2015 at 12:28 pm
Fool I am not a cadre and will never be. If you have cared to read my postings on this subject you could have noted that I have always said that we Miners understand why we are being pruned. Of course you have called me names. I didn’t agree with Lungu’s pronouncements because I knew that it was not possible. If your are HH’s chola boy, I am not any one’s fuzi.
Hello Haters
November 12, 2015 at 8:16 pm
Welcome to the real world.