PRESIDENT
John Magufuli on arrival at the Mwanza Airport (right) while on transit
to his home Chato District yesterday. (Photos by State House
PRESIDENT John Magufuli has revived new hopes for the Lake Zone regions as he pledged the purchase of a new passenger ship and expansion of the Mwanza Airport.
The two projects have been long awaited
for years to become a reality with the Head of State saying special
budgets will be allocated this financial year for their full
implementation. Addressing a section of city residents and government
leaders who turned up to welcome him here yesterday, Dr Magufuli said
the projects are now set for completion as promised.
“This is not my official visit; but let
me take this opportunity to say something about the two projects. We
will allocate the budget enough to cater for the two,” he pledged.
Dr Magufuli was on transit to his home
town of Chato in Geita Region for a brief vacation, the first since he
was elected president last November.
Looking jubilant as he jetted in for the
first time as head of state, the president recalled the intense
campaigns carried out for him and the CCM, saying it was now time for
serious work.
He pointed out that his election victory
meant working tirelessly to bring about development to all the people
regardless of their political affiliations.
On the Mwanza Airport expansion, the
president was not happy to learn that a portion of a public road has
been closed to pave way for the project. He ordered the reopening of the
5-km road portion to Kayenze, saying the people have been suffering by
being forced to ply the long route of nearly 18 kilometres from their
homes to the city centre for various services.
“The expansion of this facility should
not be an excuse of causing inconvenience to people using this road. The
expansion could alternatively be shifted to another direction,” he
suggested.
At the airport, President Magufuli
joined the AIC Makongoro Choir in singing a special song for peace
before hemade an offer of soft drinks to the entire gathering.
The Mwanza Regional Commissioner, Mr
John Mongela, thanked the president for his show of love and promised
that the blocked road portion will be lifted at once.
Dr Magufuli said he might decide to
start an official tour of the region as soon as he completes his
vacation. Meanwhile, speaking at Chato Primary School grounds after
arriving in his Chato home district in Geita Region yesterday, President
Magufuli urged every Tanzanian to work hard to rid the country of donor
dependence, which he said ought to be given with conditions.
Dr Magufuli said the major task ahead of
every Tanzanian was joining hands and work together in bringing
development and that everyone should participate in production and work
hard at his or her area of work. “We need to supervise each other and we
should do so at every work station.
If you are an employee you should
perform your duties properly, and so do the farmers, businesspeople,
pastoralists and those working in the fishing industry and I believe we
shall make it,’’ he insisted as he spoke to residents in his district
for the first time since he was elected president.
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