Let us preserve peace - Copperbelt PS

COPPERBELT Province Permanent Secretary Bright Nundwe says there is need for the country to preserve peace.

Mr Nundwe said this during the 2020 hoisting of the flag at midnight in Ndola on Friday evening.

He said it was vital for every person to ensure that peace is preserved as losing it would mean that the freedom fighters fought their struggle in vain.

He said the province is enjoying massive developmental projects due to the peace in the country.

Mr Nundwe has also encouraged youths countrywide to respect elderly people and refrain from accusing them of practicing witchcraft just because they have grown old.

And devotion, Zambia 3 Infantry Brigade Chaplain Major Chisha Mulenga encouraged the gathering to reflect on the emblems in his Army on the Coat of Arms, which he said depicts Agriculture, Mining and Tourism.

He said people must go back to the foundations and build the nation in unity.

And speaking earlier in his welcoming remarks Ndola District Commissioner Anthony Katongo said there is need for the younger generation to heed to the counsel of the older generation.

He explained that the freedom fighters attained independence at a great cost of their lives and as such the peace that the country enjoys should be guarded jealously.

Meanwhile, 76-year- old Julius Sinyangwe, a representative of the freedom fighters condemned the tribalism that he said was taking root in the country.

Mr Sinyangwe said the tribalism being exhibited was bothering the people that struggled for independence. – ZANIS.