Support Zim-Asset, Zimbabweans urged

Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Correspondent
Zimbabweans must fully support and complement the Government in its endeavour to revive the economy and transform the lives of the people, Zanu-PF Politburo member, Cde Cephas Msipa has said.
Cde Msipa said in an interview last week that the Zanu-PF Government needed the confidence of the people in order to succeed and fully implement the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Social-Economic Transformation (Zim Asset).

“Zim Asset is a very serious attempt to bring economic and social change to the country,” he said. “If we can all work together and do our work properly we are likely to yield positive results.

“Minister of Finance Cde Patrick Chinamasa recently presented a national budget which in my opinion is very realistic. As a party we need the confidence of the people in order to succeed.”

Cde Msipa said the people should own Zim Asset and complement the Government in its implementation to alleviate poverty and avert hunger.
“People must own Zim Asset and engage each other on how best they can go about it,” he said. “We need to realise that Zim Asset is a road map towards the development of this country.

“If we embrace it and implement it properly, I believe that it is the correct way of improving the lives of the people. We need to create employment and bring about better living standards for our people.” Cde Msipa said Zim Asset was a unique blue print which the Government was approaching realistically as reflected by the recently presented national budget.

“I am pleased that as a party we came up with that blue print,” he said.
“We have to stop talking and start acting and implementing the Zim Asset. We have put some sign posts of something measurable from which we can measure our success. We have not fulfilled the promises that we made during the election campaigns and this is the time to start fulfilling them.”

Cde Msipa said the Government had taken positive steps towards developing the country and that the people should play their part in uplifting themselves as well as developing the economy. Zim Asset was unveiled recently and touches on how every facet of the economy could be transformed by following a set programme between now and 2018.