President Michael Sata has directed Lusaka province police commissioner Joyce Kasosa to arrest all students protesting against the lifting of the fuel and maize subsidies.
President Sata has also called for the expulsion of all students that protested this morning.
The head of state sounded the order shortly before he laid ground for the construction works for Palabana University in Chongwe district this morning as UNZA students stormed the streets draped in black to protest rising living standards of living.
President Sata has also accused United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema for allegedly dishing out money to students at University of Zambia Great East campus and Copperbelt University to protest against government’s decisions to lift the fuel and maize subsidies.
President Sata also commended his cadre traditional leader Chieftains Nkhomeshya for her developmental ideas in her chiefdom.
The head of state assured chieftains Nkhomeshya that the Patriotic Front government will remain committed to implementing development projects in her chiefdom.
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