Opinion / Columnist
Government creating unemployment!
24 Apr 2017 at 09:29hrs | Views
As a young Zimbabwean who is fresh from school, I am greatly saddened and baffled at news of restructuring and rationalisation that have become the order of the day in my beloved country.
When I sang the national anthem, religiously reciting every word with submissiveness and patriotism, my only hope was a different Zimbabwe.
In schools, hospitals,police stations and other public service centres there are acute shortages of manpower. But surprisingly, there is talk of laying off of about 20000 civil servants.
With the little understanding of economics and fiscal policy I have, I can tell that the statement that has taken shape to the effect that 80+% of revenue is being gobbled by civil servants salaries has something in common with our failure to have a currency of our own, a dysfunctional secondary industry and false accusations of lack of innovativeness and creativeness of the graduates of our time.
As the head of a household, do you have to effect downward variations in food allocations and lesson privilledges because your income has decreased? Only an irrational, inconsiderate and indifferrent father would do that. A fatherly father will try every available trick to up his income.
I don't know who to ask this. You are just unlucky dear reader!
The school going generation has become demotivated because their seniors are just wondering in the streets.
I pray for a government that creates JOBS in my beloved Zimbabwe. Not the opposite.
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Emmanuel Zhou is a self professed pundit in socio-economic issues. You can contact him on whatsapp 0784074318
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