THE government has ordered the suspension of local authorities' officials who facilitated the registration and payment of unqualified households under the Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) programme, which normally assists families living in extreme poverty.
The Minister of State, President’s
Office, Regional Administration and Local Government, Mr George
Simbachawene, told journalists here yesterday that the officials should
be suspended to give way to investigation over the allegations.
He said that the regional and district
commissioners as well as executive directors at local authorities should
oversee the implementation of the directives and ensure that the money
paid to unqualified households is paid back to allow the government to
accomplish its mission of eradicating poverty.
"You should oversee the implementation
of these directives and submit the report to the government within 14
days from today," he said.
Mr Simbachawene added that, the
government will not tolerate any person who was involved in registering
and paying unqualified beneficiaries because the act has affected its
efforts of helping poor households to improve their livelihoods.
He further said that in the past six months a total of 11,370 unqualified households were paid money under the TASAF programme.
Dar es Salaam Region is leading by
having 2,929 unqualified beneficiaries followed by Kilimanjaro with
1,484, Morogoro 793 and Dodoma 482. Minister Simbachawene, however,
could not disclose the amount of money which has been so far paid to
unqualified households as the respective authorities were still working
to establish it.
Meanwhile, the minister also challenged
the local authorities in the country to ensure that they build capacity
to its executives by allowing them to undergo training at the Local
Government Training Institute (LGTI) at Hombolo to acquire appropriate
skills of running local government activities.
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