Clip mushrooming cooperatives, Govt advised

GOVERNMENT should address the mushrooming of cooperatives through reviewing the cooperative Act to suit the Zambian context of cooperative development, SAFADA Executive Director Boyd Moobwe has said.

“If Government wants to achieve the real benefits and purpose of a cooperative, it is important to redesign the cooperative concept and alien its social structure with the Zambian tradition culture and business context,” he said.

Mr Moobwe noted that the cooperative movement in the country had failed to maintain its original dimension which had resulted into failure to provide sustainable economic and social cost benefits for farming community.

SAFADA, he said, would soon embark on cooperative development and capacity building countrywide once the Zambia Cooperative Federation accepts proposal for capacity building for agriculture cooperatives.

Mr Moobwe said It was imperative to redefine the purpose cooperative and make the cooperative terminology definition clear to avoid confusion in the sector.

He however commended President Edgar Lungu for his timely intervention aimed at addressing poor human resource productivity among civil servant.

He said the poor human productivity among civil servant must be addressed before the production sector of the country’s economy was negatively affected.

Mr Moobwe said Government should review the economic and social policies as a measure aimed at building human development capacity and improving production in all the sectors of the economy.