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Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief
THE Midlands province has received two additional buses for civil servants, which increases the fleet under the Public Service Commission to seven.
This follows last week’s commissioning of 13 buses and 30 service delivery vehicles by President Mnangagwa to be used by the Public Service Commission (PSC).
This brings the number of buses that have been disbursed to the PSC to 108 countrywide.
The President has highlighted that the Government will continue to channel resources towards improving the conditions of service in the public sector.
Addressing civil servants and other Government officials at the commissioning of the buses in Gweru yesterday, Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs, Larry Mavima, said the PSC has transformed in all aspects of operations.
“Through this transformation we have witnessed improved service delivery and improved welfare of our employees.
The buses we are commissioning today are a true testimony that indeed the new dispensation is working tirelessly to improve the welfare of the civil servants by offering them not only transport but cheap transport as a form of non-monetary benefits,” he said.
The minister said the buses will go a long way in assisting civil servants from transport challenges and be able to arrive for work in time. “We started with only one bus but through the support of our Government, as a province we host a fleet of seven buses including these new buses,” he said.
“With the looming 4th wave of Covid -19 these buses will also help to maintain social distance in our buses for the civil servants.”
The Minister for Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Professor Paul Mavima, said the Government was committed to improving the welfare of civil servants through salary increments and also non-monetary benefits.
“President Mnangagwa last week commissioned new buses and 11 of the buses were allocated to the PSC for use by civil servants in the provinces.
“Two of the buses went to the prisons and that is just an indication of how much the civil servants’ welfare is valued by the Government,” said Prof Mavima.
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