Patriotic Front (PF) Matero Member of Parliament (MP) Faustina Sinyangwe has bemoaned the non-implementation of the National Child Policy (NCP) by government.
Mrs. Sinyangwe says the Policy is just on paper because the Ministry of sport, Youth and Child Development has abandoned it.
The parliamentarian says if the policy was embodied in the republican constitution it would compel government to adhere to it unlike the current situation where children lack necessary values in society.
She said there are still high levels of child related challenges in the country such as child poverty, child health and nutrition, education, child labour and sexual exploitation, child alcohol and drug abuse among others which government needs to address.
Mrs. Sinyangwe, who is also an educationists, was speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka today.
The MP said parents were doing enough to raise their children at the early childhood stage but they are frustrated by government which is not adequately addressing the challenges faced by children.
Mrs. Sinyangwe said there is need to invest more in children by implementing what is stipulated in the NCP in order to improve the welfare facing the children.
In 1994, Government formulated and approved the NCP that focuses on improving the living conditions of Zambian children in ensuring that programmes of economic development and social mobilization directly addresses the needs of children.
The various social economic challenges the country has under gone in recent years has seen the average Zambian child continue to exist under extreme hardships with most of them not accessing health, education and recreation services, which are all dictated by the United Nations Assembly.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Sinyangwe is happy that government has started rehabilitating the Zingalume road . She hoped that Chingwere and Matero-Salima road would also be attended too after the completing the Zingalume M-8 roads.
She disclosed that the road rehabilitation is expected to cost K12 billion. She commended President Rupiah Banda for hearing her plea to repair the three major roads in Matero Constituency.
And Mrs. Sinyangwe has further hailed the Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company for improving the water reticulation system following a K75 million injection pumped by government.
She said people in Madimba area never had proper toilets and piped water but government has since arrested the situation to the delight of Mrs. Sinyangwe.
ZANIS
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Madam Sinyangwe, do you think your gvt cares about our poor children?You think RB would waste time thinking about children issues when money is smelling at Zamtel.Are you now seing rapses in your stinking MMD. They have completely forgoten about NCP which they formulated. But are you not a member of NCC? why didnt you make a submission during one of the sittings. You also forgot? I can see you have been poisoned by the lazy MMD thugs. stay there. Dont ever think of coming back to join the hard working Sata!!!! get closer to RB and fly with him, better for you.
Sinyangwe has realised the MMD do not want her and she is in very bad books with PF. hence her rantings against the MMD Government. Whilst sometimes you talk sense, your days as Matero MP are Gone. Too little too late. I’m gunning for your seat, Matero pipo would benefit more from me than your antagonistic approach to issues and poor delivery. I’m gunning your seat on the PACT ticket.
Ichi chi mayo chilesensela elyo ka leemba!!! These are the people that abandoned PF for MMD and today you are slowly inching towards the popular position of the people on government! We all know that you are only doing this because you couldn’t get what you wanted for all your boot-licking of RB!!! Shame on you!!!