South youths cry for NRCs

SOME youths in Southern Province have raised concerns over the number of days allocated for the issuance of National Registration Cards (NRCs).

George Bbabi on behalf of many other youths charged that the allocated days were not enough and appealed to Government to extend the period..

Mr Bbabi said that the criteria of issuing 10 NRCs per day was also not good and does not mean well.

In an interview with the Daily Nation in Choma, he said that Government should instead revisit the decision.

“What Government is doing in Southern Province over the issuance of NRC s is inhuman. As youths in the province especially in the valley district of Sinazongwe is shocking and we are very disappointed and concerned with what is happening.

“It is shocking that Government has instructed officers in-charge of issuing NRCs to issue 10 NRCs per day in Sinazongwe district because most of the people support UPND so, because that, the PF wants to disadvantage people,” he said.

Mr Bbabi lamented that the ploy was meant to weaken the opposition by reducing on its numbers especially the youths will not be able to acquire the NRCs.

“Most of the youths in Sinazongwe are languishing without employment because they do not have NRCs. Two months ago, Zambeef Sinazongwe farms were employing youths but a lot of them were left out due to lack of NRCs,” he said.

He said there was need to issue more NRC over a longer period of time so that more youths could be captured.

“We don’t know whether we are part of Zambia to be restricted to get NRCs as if we are foreigners. As the newly elected UPND district youth chairperson for Sinazongwe, I am receiving a lot of calls everyday about the situation.

“But then, we have refused to be treated as if we are second class citizens in our own country Zambia,” he said.