Agriculture minister Bob Sichinga has hit back at Home Affairs Edgar Lungu’s decision to reverse the ban on the export of Maize 48 hours after he had effected.
Lungu whilst acting as President drammatically reversed Sichinga’s decision to ban the expert of maize until an assessment had been done on the hunger situation in the country.
Sichinga had opted to remain mute but today came out of his cacoon to respond to Lungu saying he did not regret his decision to ban the export of Maize.
He said he was of the firm belief that exporting maize without knowing the food situation of the country would be costly.
“I did not make arbitrary decisions because always my decisions are well thought out. I do not regret the decsion i made,” Sichinga said.
Sichinga said his decision had been well thought out. Zambia is experience mealie meal shortages with the price of the commodity sky-rocketing since the Patriotic Front assumed office.
Experts are predicting serious food shortages this year following a poor farming season characterised late delivery of farming inputs. Some government officials, however, believe that export and smuggling of maize by senior PF officials was causing the shortages.
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