Kasolo accuses extension officers of sabotaging e-voucher
By Staff Reporter
Government has directed a review on the performance of all agriculture extension officers in Eastern Province.
Provincial permanent secretary Chanda Kasolo has since asked the provincial agriculture coordinator to instruct all district agriculture coordinators to carry out the review.
Addressing the media in Chipata on Saturday, Kasolo said government had discovered that some of the enemies of the e-voucher system were extension workers who were employed to help the system work, but instead sabotaged it.
“Extension officers that were benefiting from the old system are discouraging farmers from registering for the E-Voucher system. This is being done so that government can be forced to revert to the old system where there were loopholes for officers to create ghost farmers,” said Kasolo.
“One of the solutions is to replace all the non performing extension workers with others that will perform their duties properly. I’m expecting all district agriculture coordinators to present reports of their findings after the performance review.”
