Zambia : Govt. Promoting the Use of Electric Vehicles to Reduce Expenditure on Fuel

Zambia : Govt. promoting the use of electric vehicles to reduce expenditure on fuel

Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa has disclosed that government spent about 758 million United States dollars on fuel in public institutions last year Mr Kangwa said government is promoting the use of electric vehicles in public institutions as part of cost-saving measures and efforts to reduce fuel expenditure. Speaking during the Senior Public Service […]

Gov’t to cut spending on vehicles in new policy as fuel costs rise

Speaking on Coffee Time with Peter Gomez together with Dr Ismaila Ceesay, minister for information, , Sillah said the move is aimed at easing pressure on public finances as fuel costs surge, stressing that “annually, we are looking at decreasing government expenditure on all aspects of vehicles that are allocated to civil servants in terms of maintenance, in terms of cost of fuel, and also in terms of those who should have it.” He revealed that …