Zambia's President Dissolve the Roads Board

By John Chola

04/10/2011

Zambia's newly elected President Michael Sata has dissolved the Board of Directors for the Road Development Agency (RDA).

This comes barely a day after Mr. Sata dissolved the Boards for Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA), Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) Limited and National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA, Energy Regulation Board (ERB and Bank of Zambia among others.

The parastatal boards have been dissolved owing to alleged rampant corruption.

President Sata announced the decision to dissolve the RDA Tuesday morning after he swore in appointed Permanent Secretaries at State House this morning.

The President said RDA offered road works to contractors without following tender procedures.

He said the RDA engaged in rampant corruption rendering it irrelevant to the development of Zambia.

The President has since urged the newly appointed Police Inspector General Dr. Martin Malama to help the country tackle corruption.

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