By Sizalobuhle Khumalo
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the ZANU PF 18th National Peoples Conference theme is a clarion to all Zimbabweans to gear up and accelerate all efforts towards higher productivity and economic growth.
This year’s theme for the ruling party’s Conference is “Mechanize, Modernize, and Grow the Economy towards Vision 2030.”
In his address to the Central Committee meeting held earlier today, President Mnangagwa took time to unpack the theme to the party leadership.
“The theme of this year’s Conference; Mechanize, Modernize, and Grow the Economy towards Vision 2030, is a clarion call to all our party membership and the nation at large, to gear up and accelerate all efforts towards higher productivity, economic growth, job creation and the eradication of poverty,” said the President.
He added: “The 18th National People’s Conference is reflective of our bias towards economic development and productivity, as we have espoused under the Second Republic.”
President Mnangagwa also called for an all-inclusive approach to development.
“We also meet today against the ever growing need to support initiatives that change the status and plight of our people in every sphere of life.
“It is therefore imperative that as we engage, we must be alive to the need for an all-inclusive approach to national development as this will result in a stronger and empowered society which will in turn lead to a more prosperous nation,” said President Mnangagwa.
President Mnangagwa implored the party leadership to disseminate and explain the ruling party’s policies to the generality of the people.
“Our policies with regards to agriculture, mining, manufacturing, tourism, infrastructure development and energy must be understood by our people.
“Our vision to modernise social services such as education, health and housing infrastructure and empower the women, youths, war veterans, people living with disabilities as well as small and medium enterprise must be made clear to them,” he added.
President Mnangagwa called up on all Zimbabweans to take advantage of the opportunities that arise from all Government programmes.
“Let the engagements with our membership be about economics, and productivity, it is only through higher productivity across all sectors that we will achieve sustainable economic development,” said the President.
