Opinion / Columnist
ZINARA committed to Vision 2030
01 May 2022 at 09:22hrs | Views
The Government of Zimbabwe under the stewardship of His Excellency the President, Cde, Dr E.D Mnangagwa has set a massive life changing target of transforming Zimbabwe into an Upper Middle-Income economy by 2030. This is anchored on the clear roadmap and economic blueprints as articulated in the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1).
In this praxis, the Zimbabwe National Road Administration is strategically positioned to champion infrastructure revolution which is a key enabler towards the realization of Vision 2030. As a road fund administrator our work was cut out following the declaration of the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) in 2021. This facilitated an opportunity for us to go and collect revenue and at the same time source fresh funding on the market for road rehabilitation and maintenance.
In line with our mandate which is to disburse funding, in 2021 together with Treasury ZINARA disbursed 9, 5 billion ZWL to all the Road Authorities which saw the intensification of road works across the country. This year we have set a new high for ourselves as an institution and our target for 2022 is to disburse 17 billion ZWL.
Pursuant to this, more than 5 billion ZWL has already been disbursed in the first quarter of 2022 to all the Road Authorities across the country to commence road works. Let me take this opportunity to reiterate that transparency and integrity are the hallmark of our operations as the new ZINARA that we are building.
The new Board of Directors and the Executive are striving to build an institution that is founded and grounded on good corporate governance and best corporate practices. We are cognizant of the legacy issues that affected our brand and reputation in the past few years where a significant share of the populace lost confidence in ZINARA's operations.
Admittedly, those are transgressions of yesteryear and I want to assure all Zimbabweans that we will handle these public funds with probity.
Under the guidance of our Honourable Minister F.T Mhona, and our parent Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, our resolve is to ensure that our contribution towards Vision 2030 is beyond any question. We are in the process of upgrading our ICT systems to reduce manual transactions which are usually associated with all sorts of leakages. ZINARA is also fostering in a new operational culture as part of rebranding and transforming ZINARA into a professional entity.
Now, as an accountable corporate citizen, ZINARA takes this opportunity to share with all Zimbabweans what it disbursed in the first quarter of 2022.
In conclusion, I once again share ZINARA's mandate that we are only responsible for fixing, collecting and disbursing road user charges to Road Authorities. Let me also take this opportunity to emphasize that ZINARA is not involved in contract negotiation with road contractors as this is a responsibility of Road Authorities.
Nkosinathi Ncube
Chief Executive Officer
In this praxis, the Zimbabwe National Road Administration is strategically positioned to champion infrastructure revolution which is a key enabler towards the realization of Vision 2030. As a road fund administrator our work was cut out following the declaration of the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) in 2021. This facilitated an opportunity for us to go and collect revenue and at the same time source fresh funding on the market for road rehabilitation and maintenance.
In line with our mandate which is to disburse funding, in 2021 together with Treasury ZINARA disbursed 9, 5 billion ZWL to all the Road Authorities which saw the intensification of road works across the country. This year we have set a new high for ourselves as an institution and our target for 2022 is to disburse 17 billion ZWL.
Pursuant to this, more than 5 billion ZWL has already been disbursed in the first quarter of 2022 to all the Road Authorities across the country to commence road works. Let me take this opportunity to reiterate that transparency and integrity are the hallmark of our operations as the new ZINARA that we are building.
Admittedly, those are transgressions of yesteryear and I want to assure all Zimbabweans that we will handle these public funds with probity.
Under the guidance of our Honourable Minister F.T Mhona, and our parent Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, our resolve is to ensure that our contribution towards Vision 2030 is beyond any question. We are in the process of upgrading our ICT systems to reduce manual transactions which are usually associated with all sorts of leakages. ZINARA is also fostering in a new operational culture as part of rebranding and transforming ZINARA into a professional entity.
Now, as an accountable corporate citizen, ZINARA takes this opportunity to share with all Zimbabweans what it disbursed in the first quarter of 2022.
In conclusion, I once again share ZINARA's mandate that we are only responsible for fixing, collecting and disbursing road user charges to Road Authorities. Let me also take this opportunity to emphasize that ZINARA is not involved in contract negotiation with road contractors as this is a responsibility of Road Authorities.
Nkosinathi Ncube
Chief Executive Officer
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