Malawi Government has settled local loans that Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) obtained to buy maize.
An amount of K23 billion is said to have been released from the treasury to pay local commercial banks where Admarc borrowed money to buy 98,000 metric tonnes of maize.
Nkhotakota South East lawmaker Andrew Mwale demanded government’s explanation through the ministry of finance on why it has approved the money in secret.
Mwale questioned the ministry of finance for paying the money to the ministry of agriculture, irrigation and water development to settle Admarc loans without approval of Parliament.
Responding on the matter, finance minister Goodall Gondwe said he was ready to inform lawmakers on the payment of money to Admarc for loan settlement.
He added that the money was less than K23 billion that was mentioned in Parliament on Thursday.
Gondwe has since blamed Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee’s (MVAC) report that disclosed that half of Malawi’s population was to face hunger due to poor harvest saying government lost billions of money to pay the loans because of the report.
Admarc is also reported to have obtained loans from international banks to buy enough maize for the starving population that the MVAC report mentioned.
he was about to tell the house……….zonama guys ukunso ndi kuba at its best
admarc is buying from smh farmers at reasonable price.Govt is only fulfiling its role of protecting farmers.good move
The government of foolish thieving crooks.
Admarc being used as a conduit to siphon public funds. What is the position of the Parliamentary Committee on Budget and Finance on this?
we are tired of hearing about what is so called government.our resources are being plundered without consideration.let us be the fools today.we will look in to that in 2019.
Foolish government
koma mwaimvetsa nkhaniyo baba ?
That’s why we need it out right away..
mmmh when?