{"id":30868,"date":"2022-09-07T18:59:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T18:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nankhumwa-tells-admarc-employees-to-return-to-work-on-monday"},"modified":"2022-09-07T20:12:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T20:12:31","slug":"nankhumwa-tells-admarc-employees-to-return-to-work-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nankhumwa-tells-admarc-employees-to-return-to-work-on-monday","title":{"rendered":"Nankhumwa tells ADMARC employees to return to work on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa has told Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) employees to defy a directive by the Lazarus Chakwera administration and return to work on Monday. Nankhumwa made the call at a press briefing today.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Development Robin Lowe announced the suspension of ADMARC services with immediate effect, including sending home the 4,063 employees at the corporation, informing them not to come back to work, and that if they do, they would be considered as trespassing.<\/p>\n

The minister said this is part of the plan that the Tonse Alliance government has come up with to turn-around the loss making ADMARC into a viable entity. However, Nankhumwa has described the directive as illegal and he has urged all ADMARC employees not to be cowed but to return to work on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cA cabinet minister cannot just wake up one morning and suspend the operations of ADMARC, including forcing out all employees. This is a shocking decision by President Lazarus Chakwera and his Tonse Alliance administration, and I wonder where they are getting those powers from,\u201d said Nankhumwa.<\/p>\n

He alleged that government\u2019s plan is to retrench a majority of these ADMARC employees, and many of them on political grounds. \u201cIn three months, the \u2018leave\u2019 that Honourable Lowe is talking about will turn into a \u2018lay-off\u2019, and the salary will dry out. People will lose jobs, which is what this is all about.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese employees are human beings; mothers, fathers, uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters, with families. Many people depend on them for their livelihood. Honourable Lowe is not just sending home 4,000 employees; he is actually killing the livelihoods of thousands of other people as well with this one inconsiderate and politically-motivated decision,\u201d said Nankhumwa.<\/p>\n

The Leader of Opposition further questioned the government\u2019s turnaround strategy and urged the Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament and other relevant committees of Parliament to look into the matter to see its efficacy, and whether or not the move made by the Minister of Agriculture is in the best interest of the people of Malawi, the taxpayers.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt is my considered opinion that there should be a thorough and exhaustive legal process before we begin to tweak and dismantle the operations and structure of ADMARC.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa has told Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) employees to defy a directive by the Lazarus Chakwera administration and return to work on Monday. Nankhumwa made the call at a press briefing today. 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