Mafuru says Tanzania likely to miss key Vision 2025 target

Executive secretary of the Planning Commission, Mr Lawrence Mafuru.

By  Bertha Ismail

What you need to know:

• Executive secretary of the Planning Commission, Mr Lawrence Mafuru says the global Covid-19 pandemic which wreaked havoc across the world for three consecutive years and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine are to blame for missing the target

Arusha. Tanzania is not likely to attain its 2025 income targets as the government links the failure with Covid-19 pandemic and geopolitical situation as major reasons behind.

In its Tanzania Development Vision 2025, the government targeted to ensure the National Gross Income Per Capita (average individual income) Tanzania’s targets of $3,000 in per capita income by 2025 will not be met as but the number is now estimated at $1,200 this year.

Executive secretary of the Planning Commission, Mr Lawrence Mafuru, told a meeting of experts in Arusha yesterday that the current per capita income is clocking at $1,200, with only nine months left before ushering in the New Year 2025.