Former Deputy Transport and Communication Minister in the late President Fredrick Chiluba’s government has charged that government decision to reverse the sale of Zamtel to LAP Green of Libya is misplaced.
Mr Ndlovu has further accused President Michael Sata and some cabinet ministers of making decisions on a matter they have no knowledge of.
He said that it was not too late for the PF government to swallow its pride and accept that government has no capacity to run ZAMTEL and should instead put it in private hands, either under LAP Green or any other investor.
He said that was a fact that nationalization of any parastatal company is never a solution for Zambia’s economic situation.
Mr. Ndhlovu said that the decision taken by government to take back the telecommunications company will put it in a fix in terms of competing favorably with the other two mobile service providers.
And Former Minister of Finance Dr. Musokotwane has expressed shock at government’s move to reverse the sale of seventy five percent of LAP green shares in Zamtel.
He also wondered why government was rushing to accept the Sebastian Zulu led commission of inquiry on Zamtel and further doubted its transparency.
Dr. Musokotwane said that it was surprising for one to say that the telecommunication company was undervalued when the Zambia Development Agency-ZDA said the valuation was good.
He expressed fears over the reversal of Zamtel saying that the move will be costly to the country once the matter is taken to court.
And Former ZAMTEL workers who were laid off after the alleged fraudulent sale of the parastatal company have called on government to re-employ them or pay them their full terminal benefits.
The workers who have broken their silence also accused the previous administration of threatening them for demanding to be paid their dues.
Josephine Mulenga one of the workers gathered to give solidarity march to President Sata for reversing the sale of Zamtel urged government to investigate the manner in which they were laid off.
She says many workers who had served the institution for over five years were only paid five million kwacha.
And Victor Mulenga called on the National Union of Communication Workers-NUCW President Patrick Kaonga not to pretend that he is happy with government’s move when he was part of the people who betrayed workers.
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