THE ailing Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) will lay off all of its workers and recruit some of them afresh in accordance to their qualifications, experience and the needs of the airline, the government has said.
Works, Transport and Communications
Minister Professor Makame Mbarawa said in the National Assembly that the
aim was to trim the bloated workforce of the stateowned airline which
is under plans to be revived.
“All the staff will be laid off and some
will be hired afresh according to their qualifications, experience and
the needs of the airline,” he said in his reply to a supplementary
question from Mr Daniel Nswanzugwanko (Kasulu North-CCM) who wanted to
know when ATCL would cut down its working force to correspond with the
needs of the airline.
Mr Nsanzugwanko said it was surprising that ATCL, with only one working aircraft, had more than 200 staff.
Earlier, the Deputy Minister for Works,
Transport and Communication, Mr Edwin Ngonyani, explained that ATCL is
wholly owned by the Union Government, ownership for which had not been
specified to show Zanzibar’s stake in national flag carrier.
He said ATCL owed the Zanzibar Airport
Authority 230.7m/- as outstanding landing fee. The money is among
accumulated debts of the struggling state-owned airline, which have been
submitted to the government.
It is among the ATCL debts, which are
scrutinised by the Controller and Auditor General, he said. The
government would pay the debt to Zanzibar authorities once it has been
verified by the CAG, the deputy minister told the House.
He was responding to a basic question by
Mr Ali Salim Khamis (Mwanakwerekwe-CUF) who wanted to know the
percentage of the Zanzibar government’s stake in the ATCL since it was
owned by the Union Government. The CUF lawmaker also wanted to know when
ATCL would pay landing fee to Zanzibar authorities
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