President John Magufuli has said that the government will
deal mercilessly with contractors who fail to work on government projects
according to the law and agreed time frame.
He said this on Monday in Korogwe when launching a Sh4
billion bus stand. Dr Magufuli is in Tanga for a five day working visit.
"This project is among many other projects funded by
the World Bank and it has a capacity of handling many buses, has 128 business
stalls, all for the development of Tanzanians," he said.
In view of this, he thanked the contractor who was in
charge of the construction for doing a quality job and completing the work on
time. He cautioned others to do the same or face the wrath of the government.
He said that his government was committed to ensure
development reaches to the people and that was why he has initiated
construction of a 160km standard gauge railway, purchased planes for the
national carrier as well as increased electricity in rural areas through its
Rural Electricity Agency (REA) from 30 percent to 45 percent and plans are
still underway to expand further.
"People are questioning the country's economic rate,
but Tanzania is the fifth fastest growing economy globally and the public needs
to understand that we are not poor, but we have tightened loopholes that were
being used by a few people to siphon government funds," he said.
He stressed that the funds was now channelled towards
free primary and secondary education. He noted that the government has also set
aside a total of Sh483 billion as loans for university students who will be
enrolled for the 2017/18
Source: allAfrica