By Leah Malimbasa

Chikwawa, July 12, Mana: Deputy Minister of Local Government, Unity and Culture, Owen Chomanika has praised ongoing development projects in Chikwawa District, emphasizing the importance of ensuring high-quality construction standards.

He made the remarks following the ministry’s inspection visit to some of the projects in Chikwawa.

“I can see potential for quality work once the rehabilitation of a maternity wing and surgical theatre at Chikwawa District Hospital as well as the construction of Mivunza Bridge are completed,” he said.

“The council is doing well and for the defects we observed at Chikwawa District Hospital Maternity Wing project, the contractor has committed to fix them,” he said.

The deputy minister observed that such visits are important since they enable them to give timely input on ongoing projects, ensures great workmanship and that no one is sleeping on their job.

“I would also like to encourage the people here to take good care of the infrastructure and avoid theft, misuse and abuse of construction materials,” he said.

District Commissioner for Chikwawa, Nardin Kamba said the council strives to at provide good service to the people in all sectors including health and education and the attainment of this starts with good infrastructure development.

“We are happy that the Deputy Minister and the team are impressed with the works here and that the patients are now being accommodated in a good environment,” said Kamba.

He attributed good coordination and teamwork to the council’s impressive projects implementation.

Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government, Richard Hara concurred with the Deputy Minister saying the work is very impressive and that there is need to start utilizing the infrastructure as soon as projects are completed.

“We have visited Nkhudzi Community Day Secondary School project which is completed. So, we will write the Ministry of Education to start selecting learners to the school in a bid to increase chances of more learners securing space in secondary schools and shorten the distance that learners from around Nkhudzi walk to access education,” he said.

“We commend the District Commissioner and his team as well as chiefs, councilors and members of parliament in the district for working together to deliver quality projects in the district,” he said.