Minister Chombo urges Government departments to double resolve

Conrad Mupesa-Mashonaland West Bureau

Minister of State for Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Marian Chombo has challenged Government officials to improve planning and accountability to drive the province towards Vision 2030.

Delivering her keynote address in Kadoma today at a five-day strategic workshop for the Office of the President and Cabinet at the provincial level, which aims at reviewing the Mashonaland West Provincial Strategic Plan, Minister Chombo said the province was “this year supposed to adopt a whole-of-government approach to grow its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) currently estimated at US$7,51 billion.”

Minister Chombo highlighted key growth drivers in the province including agriculture through irrigation development, mining, value addition, tourism, infrastructure development and human capital growth.

She noted that performance contracts to be signed by Ministries, Departments and Agencies, were a shared commitment to national development goals.

Local authorities, were urged to improve citizen engagement, transparency and service delivery. She also called for a high-performance culture anchored in ethics, accountability and results.

The strategic plan will be aligned with provincial ministries’ plans, the Provincial Economic Development Plan and the National Development Strategy 2.

The strategic workshop, which is also expected to discuss the transition from National Development Strategy 1 (NDS-1) to NDS-2, noting the successes, challenges, and recommendations of the earlier strategy, is being attended by officials from ministries, departments and agencies in the province.