by Derick Tsimba

Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube said Government was seriously concerned that citizens continue to have access to basic commodities.

Speaking yesterday in an interview at his office, the Minster said Government had arranged that citizens continue to access basic commodities throughout 2020.

“The objective of the Government is that citizens have access to food, basic commodities including access to electricity.

“Government will arrange these in the first quarter of 2020 setting aside resources to import commodities which include food, maize, wheat and soya-beans in order to meet the national demand.

“We have a plan, we have resources and we feel comfortable that we will be able to meet the demands for Zimbabweans between now and June and beyond that,” he said.

Minister Ncube also said Government was working on making sure the country’s local currency remains stable.

“The exchange rate for the last four months has been stable and Government is working to keep it that way, by doing so we are keeping Government expenditure under control. If we keep the currency stable then we will make sure that the pricing process among the retailers is delinked from volatility and we have less of USD pricing,” said the Professor.