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Students warn Jonathan Moyo
10 Oct 2016 at 07:30hrs | Views
The Zimbabwe National Students Union secretary-general Makomborero Haruzivishe warned Prof Jonathan Moyo to desist from using the tribal card and face the consequences of his actions.
"The Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education should never use issues like Gukurahundi or imaginary movie characters like Robin Hood to justify thieving, corruption and criminal activities," the Zinasu secretary-general said.
He said statistics show that there were Higher and Tertiary Education students who can claim victim to the historical catastrophic events like Gukurahundi.
"These students are now double victims of both the historic disaster and Prof Jonathan Moyo's so-called Robin Hood tactics," said Haruzivishe. "We cannot even call Minister Moyo's defence childish for fear of insulting children," Mr Haruzivishe said.
Haruzivishe also advised the ministry officials that issues like the Gukurahundi disturbances should never be addressed through Zimdef coffers, but in the Politburo, Cabinet and Parliament which are platforms Minister Moyo is part of. Had he been sincere, said Haruzivishe, Prof Moyo should have raised these issues on the said platforms.
"As students we are now at great pains to understand why the whole minister who is also a professor, his deputy and a learned ministry official were in a scramble to address Gukurahundi issues in the Zimdef monies. "Minister Moyo and his deputy Gandawa should not only resign but they should also pay back our money."
"We urge the President to fire Minister Moyo as a matter of urgency," said Chidawa.
"We do not condone the abuse of State funds, especial the money meant to assist underprivileged students at universities and colleges. We also urge State apparatus namely, the army, CIO and police to step in and protect ZACC and whistle blowers in this matter."
The students unions, said Chidawa, were united against Minister Moyo. Minister Moyo, Dr Gandawa, Zimdef chief executive Mr Frederick Mandizvidza and Zimdef principal director (finance) Mr Nicholas Mapute could have unlawfully benefited from $430 000 of the State enterprise's money between November 2015 and June 2016, documents show.
However, it is alleged that Prof Moyo and two other ministers (names withheld) got the majority of fuel coupons (serial number provided) and used middlemen to sell them on the black market. Apart from that, ZACC is investigating other alleged abuses of Zimdef funds by Prof Moyo, his deputy, and three subordinates.
The five are being investigated for five charges of fraud as defined in Section 136 of Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23), and three charges under the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Act (Chapter 9:24).
Source - online
