Solwezi District Commissioner Frobisher Fulayi has refuted claims by Catholic Priest Father Patrick Chisanga suggesting that there was no Government representation at the handover ceremony of the newly renovated Saint (St) Francis Basic School in the district in North Western Province.
Fr Chisanga a Provincial Minister of Franciscan Friars in Zambia is quoted in a story carried in yesterday’s edition of The
Post Newspaper as having been baffled by Government’s absence at the handover of the school on Monday.
Mr Fulayi dismissed the claims as untrue because the District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) Fredrick Munkinyi was sent to the ceremony to represent him as he was unable to attend due to other commitments.
He told ZANIS in Solwezi today that he did not refuse an invitation but that he could not attend because he was preparing for President Banda’s recent visit and other pressing matters hence delegating the assignment.
Mr Fulayi said the Government system allowed for delegation, if the person invited was unable to honour the invitation.
He also said it was not true that Government had no plans for St Francis Basic School as K341 million had been allocated this year for the construction of a one by three classroom block, one staff house and toilets at the school.
Mr Fulayi added that 50 desks have also been sent to the school to help cushion the shortage of desks.
The District Commissioner said Government honoured the participation of individuals in all sectors of adding that it was
grateful to the Italian couple for aiding the school.
Heavy rains in December 2009 destroyed infrastructure at St Francis Basic School and an Italian couple came to the aid of the school by raising 80,000 Euros (approximately K510,313,792.00) towards its renovation.
Meanwhile, Mr Fulayi has confirmed the delivery of about 4 000 bags of D Compound and urea fertiliser by Nyiombo Investment to the district.
Mr Fulayi said the inputs were delivered on Monday and distribution to farmers that did not receive inputs has since commenced.
Solwezi district had a deficit of about 4 000 bags with 41 cooperative societies only receiving urea fertiliser while 51 others had not received either of the inputs for the 2010/2011 farming season causing panic among farmers.
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Give credit where it is due. The Catholics have contributed so much to Education and Health sector in Zambia.
The District Education Board Secretary should have made it clear he was representing someone. I am sure the DEBS was also invited in his own capacity, but should have mentioned that he was representing the DC who was busy preparing for MMD party issues, but the School is a national issue and therefore more important than MMD issues in this case.
“Solwezi District Commissioner Frobisher Fulayi ……”. Mwebantu lishina nshi ili Frobisher?? I read today on internet about 10 illegal baby names which have been banned around the world for reasons of taste, decency or just plain daftness.…May be our govt can also legislate against this as a name in one tribe may be vulgar in another or indeed the same language eg Mpolo, Fulama, Masuzyo, Misozi, Chibanda…………………
An excerpt from the internet story…”This week the Pope declared war on parents naming babies after celebrities, fruit or popular sports cars. In an address to parents, the ever-progressive pontiff pleaded with worshipers to ‘give your children names that are in the Christian calendar’. So Apple, Brooklyn and Ferrari are out, Francisco and Giulia are in.
But Benedict’s not the only authority figure to stamp down on one of the sillier by-products of celebrity culture….”
Father Chisanga ukubilima, you want presido to officiate the renovation of a basic school sure. And the POST thought that was a story? How Stupi.d.
Fr.Chisanga,the catholic should av invited RB to witness the handover and would have literary seen all provincial/solwezi district officers on the sch grounds. Next time dont invite DC but RB and the guy is always available for any assigmnent outside state house.
In the some province when the catholics built a very big hospital in Ntambu the govrt did the same,, A hospital like that the govert can not ignore it. Poor they are.. we know you #5 tawakwata amano