President Lazarus Chakwera has told government monitoring entities to be aggressive when inspecting government projects, saying this will prompt contractors to produce standard work.
Chakwera said this during the opening of the multi-billion Kwacha Rumphi Teachers Training College (TTC) Wednesday.
The project, which was commissioned in 2018, has been opened along with one in Mchinji and Chikwawa in Central and Southern regions of the country.
Chakwera said the government is not impressed with the quality of some public projects.
“Let us build our projects for future generations. It is absurd that we should keep on maintaining the same projects over and over again… make sure that these contractors are adequately monitored and are constantly pressured so that no one delays to complete assignments. Do not be working hard on your projects simply because the President is coming to inspect the work. They need to be pressured, with me around or not,” he said.
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He then said the opening of Rumphi TTC is part of human capital development.
Chakwera said it is important that the country should have a skilled labour force.
In her remarks, Education Minister Madalitso Kambauwa Wirima said the three TTCs have been constructed to the tune of $34 million, 70 percent of which came from Badea, Saud Fund for Development and Opec Fund for International Development, with the Malawi Government providing the remainder.
Initially, the project was supposed to be completed in 2020 but delayed due to funding challenges and the Covid pandemic.
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In the morning, Chakwera inspected the $4.4 million Thazima gravity piped water supply scheme in Nyika National Park, a project that is being funded by KFW through Peace Parks Foundation and Malawi-Zambia Transfrontier Conservation Area.
Once completed, the project is expected to benefit about 33,000 households in Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe in Rumphi and Inkosi Mpherembe in Mzimba District.
