Ndola Council assures church on plots

THE Ndola City Council (NCC) has worked on a plan for the plots on which churches will be built.

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tive to the council to make land available for churches that congregate in schools, NCC public relations manager Rebecca Mushota has said.

Ms Mushota said in a statement that the Ndola Mayor, Amon Chisenga and Town Clerk Cosmas Chalusa made the assurance yesterday when they had a meeting with the Ndola Pastors Fellowship at Reformed Church in Zambia (RCZ) Chifubu Congregation.

She said the Ndola Pastors Fellowship Northern Zone organised a meeting to meet the mayor and welcome the new Ndola Town Clerk, Mr Chalusa.

Ms Mushota said the Pastors Fellowship also used the occasion to a follow-up on the progress made towards making land available to construct churches.

This was because Government had banned churches from meeting in schools as a way to contain the Corona-virus (COVID-19).

The mayor said the Council may relax some measures to allow churches to congregate in unfinished structures.

Mr Chisenga said this will, however, be a temporary measure as churches where required to build permanent structures.

“It is a serious and urgent concern for us and we do not delight in the current situation that you are not meeting because churches are important as they shape the nation,” the Mayor said.

And the Town Clerk said the council management was in the process of providing the plots for churches that congregate in schools to build structures.

Earlier, Pastors Fellowship Northern Zone advisory council chairperson David Ng’ona said Covid-19 had affected half of the churches as they have been banned from meeting in schools.