‘Govt will serve diligently to ensure higher standards of living’

THE Second Republic will serve Zimbabweans diligently to ensure higher standards of living, Vice President Kembo Mohadi said yesterday when he convened a high-level meeting with ministers and deputy ministers from the social services cluster which falls under his purview.

He charged them to further policies and programmes that see the betterment of Zimbabweans’ livelihoods since the general citizenry was expectant of deliverables from the Second Republic.

“The President says and I quote: ‘Together, with love and unity, we will reach the promised land, we will build the Zimbabwe we all want, brick upon brick’.

“The high level meetings convened by His Excellency all point to the need to serve our people diligently and honestly. We must appreciate we owe the offices we occupy to the citizens of Zimbabwe. They expect us to deliver on our promises.”

VP Mohadi convened the meeting, held at Munhumutapa Building in Harare, following the first sitting of Cabinet this year at State House on Tuesday. He urged ministers in the social services cluster to work together as more would be achieved by maintaining a united front than with individualism.

Those who make up the cluster are the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Development and Vocational Training; Ministry of Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture; Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education; Ministry of National Housing and Social Amenities: Ministry of Information, Communication, Technology, Postal and Courier Services; Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage; Ministry of Local Government and Public Works; Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology; Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare; and the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development.