By Staff Reporter
President Lazarus Chakwera on Tuesday November 1,2022 appointed Minister of Youth and Sports Richard Chimwendo Banda as the new taskforce chairperson of a committee responsible for the implementation of the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP).
Minister of Information and Government Spokesperson Gospel Kazako confirmed the development with journalists in capital Lilongwe saying the change is one way of ensuring efficiency in the implementation of the initiative this year.
” The taskforce has been working for the past few weeks and some of the progress you see now is the work of the committee, ” said Kazako.
Kazako went on to reveal that the Agriculture Minister Samuel Kawale with his Transport counterpart Jacob Hara were in Mozambique to discuss with government officials and other stakeholders on how to coordinate the delivery of fertilizer to Malawi.
” So the ministers had to engage manufacturers to be sure of the information, ” he revealed.
Chimwendo who has been a member of the taskforce replaces Sam Kawale, who was appointed Minister of Agriculture last week.
