Ministers, MPs hail allocations

LEGISLATORS yesterday welcomed the 2023 National Budget presented by Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube saying it would stimulate economic development as envisaged by the National Development Strategy 1.

They said Minister Ncube had managed to put enough fiscal measures that will improve the lives of ordinary people in the country.

Vice President and Health and Child Welfare Minister Dr Constantino Chiwenga said they will use their budget allocation to ensure everyone accesses health services as well as to improve conditions of service for health workers.

“The Budget seeks to ensure that everyone has access to health services.

“We will try to use the money prudently to make sure that everyone gets health access.

“This is so because if we are to develop our country, it has to be done by people who are healthy.

“Everyone else would want more but we know that we build a country brick-by-brick.

“The Budget allocation is not about providing medical services alone, but improving the working environment for health workers and their conditions of service,” he said.