Nalolo needs robust response to address climate change - Veep

VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina has said there is need to implement a robust response to address the effects of climate change in Nalolo District to ensure sustainability of agricultural practices in the area.

Mrs Wina said there has been so much over dependence on maize cultivation which has proven to be challenging for the people of Nalolo when natural calamities like drought strikes.

She was speaking when she arrived at Kalama Primary School in Nalolo West Bank where she is having a series of meetings with stakeholders as part of her working visit to Western Province.

Ms Wina has also called for crop diversification among the people of Nalolo so as to venture into farming of other crops unlike relying on maize.

She says this will ensure that Nalolo residents avoid depending on handouts from the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) every farming season.

Ms Wina has since called on the people in the area to start learning about Smart agriculture so that they can benefit from some of the government programs that seek to improve agricultural practices in rural areas.

Meanwhile, Nalolo District Council Secretary Imwana Mwanamwalye says 2, 000 beneficiaries have been enrolled on the Social Cash Transfer scheme bringing the total number to about 8, 000 in June last month.

Mr Mwanamwalye says the district has also been allocated 3, 000 beneficiaries as part of the Food Security Pack from government.

And ZANIS reports that Vice President Inonge

Wina has said government was aware that some civil servants in rural areas were living in ramshackle structures.

Ms. Wina however said this situation will change in the next five years as the government will construct decent accommodation for teachers.

She revealed that the government will recruit more teachers that will be posted to schools, especially those in rural areas.