PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he was confident of being the
country’s President in 2030, hence, the vision for the country’s economy
by that year was not a coincidence.
Addressing captains of industry at the Buy Zimbabwe conference in
Gweru on Thursday, Mnangagwa said his administration was working on ways
to resuscitate the economy, saying he had broader plans to turn
Zimbabwe into a cashless economy.
“I chose 2030 and it’s not a magic year, but I believe I will still be there,” he said.
“I would want to commend the Buy Zimbabwe team which has continued to
work closely with both private and public sectors to drive the buy
local message and encourage the purchase of local products and services
so that local businesses can thrive, thereby, stimulating economic
growth and creating decent jobs for us to be a middle income country by
2030.”
Mnangagwa said he had a vision to turn the economy into a cashless
economy and urged Zimbabweans to embrace plastic money since this was
the global trend.
“I know people are struggling to get cash, but our vision is to turn
the economy into a cashless economy. Developed countries no longer use
cash and we should move towards achieving that,” he said.
Mnangagwa appealed to people to vote for him so that he could achieve his vision for the country.
He said the government was in the process of crafting a template
outlining the target economic growth for each province and how it could
contribute towards national economic development.
The Zanu PF leader said provincial ministers would be appointed on their contribution to the country gross domestic product.
“We are crafting a template for all the 10 provinces so that we have
competition among these provinces in terms of economic growth and the
size of [gross domestic product] GDP,” he said.
“There is not a single province in this country that has peculiar
advantages endowed to them and we need the leaders of those provinces to
ensure they utilise the resources found in their provinces by competing
with other provinces. This is now for provincial ministers because
their security shall depend on the growth of GDP in their provinces.”
He said he was aware people were worried about cash, but urged the electorate to vote for him. Newsday
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