It is not business as usual: ED
Grace Moyo
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has rallied his new Cabinet to continue on the development path he set on course in his first term.
While delivering his key note address during a retreat for new Cabinet ministers, their deputies, permanent secretaries and heads of parastatals, Mnangagwa claimed that the ruling party’s triumph in the recent elections was an endorsement of his government policies.
“The overwhelming endorsement of the party by the people is recognition that the Second Republic has made remarkable achievements on its policies and programmes to better the lives of all Zimbabweans. We here gathered, have the weighty obligation to maintain this momentum for sustainable national development,” Mnangagwa said.
He added: “You, the incoming ministers and permanent secretaries, will be measured by the agility and innovativeness towards accelerating our economic growth, modernisation, industrialisation and global competitiveness.
“It is not business as usual. Hard honest work should be engrained at every level of our Government. We must collectively implement bold policies to achieve impactful results. It is essential that the public sector now shifts from reporting on activities and tasks, to reporting on results, outputs and outcomes.”
He said his second term must demonstrate the government’s commitment to pursue the socio-economic development agenda despite the sanctions.
“The second term of the Second Republic must, therefore, reflect our determination to leapfrog the socio-economic development, modernisation and industrialisation of our country, through high impact results.
Although we are under the albatross of the heinous illegal sanctions, this must never limit us. We must have a mentality that this is normal and achieve even greater success. The innovation and ingenuity that has seen us realise unprecedented results, across all sectors, should be scaled up.”
According to results released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Mnangagwa polled 52.6% of the vote to CCC’s Nelson Chamisa 44%. The opposition has however rejected both the process and outcome of the election.
