Despite threats of total civil service collapse as a result of ongoing unrest, government has refused to give in to demands to pay teachers and doctors in United States dollars, describing the call as expecting blood to ooze out of the stone.<\/p>\n
Civil servants are mulling nationwide protests demanding to be paid in foreign currency among other grievances.<\/p>\n
Writing on his micro blogging Twitter today, Information, Media and Broadcasting Services permanent secretary Nick Mangwana poured cold water on civil servants demands for foreign currency based salaries saying it is just but a pie in the sky.<\/p>\n
\u201cGovernment wants a positive relationship with its employees based on trust, honesty and commitment to engagement. In all frankness it is very clear that it won\u2019t pay salaries in USD because it just can\u2019t. This is an economic reality and surely blood cannot ooze out of a stone,\u201d Mangwana wrote.<\/p>\n
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However, Mangwana\u2019s statement drew criticism from the public who accused the government of rigging elections, which consequentially left the country\u2019s economy reeling into an abyss.<\/p>\n
Mangwana dismissed as banal, sentiments that the country has skidded into an economic abyss as a result of electoral theft.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think this argument of a \u201cstolen vote\u201d is so banal and too pedestrian to be engaged at this point. We have real issues to discuss and not some fixed false belief divorced from all reality and fantastical illusions of a fool\u2019s paradise under some wannabe leaders,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Teachers are threatening not to report for work when schools open tomorrow and government is currently in talks with all union leaders to try and contain the situation that is slowly getting out of control.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, government has attributed the current fuel crisis to pricing distortions and alleged leakages.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a distorted fuel pricing model. I can\u2019t deny that. We have a lot of leakages and non-productive use of fuel. But that is not only the responsibility of government. We are all playing a role in this,\u201d said Mangwana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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