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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>One of Tonse Alliance partners, Alliance for Democracy (Aford), says it will go alone in next year\u2019s elections with its current leader Enoch Chihana trashing Agricultural Input Programme (AIP) as \u2018bad and must be aborted\u2019.<\/p>\n

Chihana is currently conducting whistle-stop tours in the northern region and today he is moving in different parts of Karonga\u2014a move analysts says has been prompted with the news of the formation of Frank Mwenifumbo\u2019s National Development Party (NDP).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not partnering with any political party. We are going solo. We are ready to govern and we are the only party with the right solutions to the country\u2019s economic challenges,\u201d he said. Chihana, while addressing the people in Rumphi, took a swipe at Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) saying it\u2019s a bad policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cFertiliser subsidy is a bad policy and it must be aborted. It\u2019s only in Malawi where government gives its people free fertilizer and then comes back to give the same people free maize. What is that?\u201d he wondered.<\/p>\n

The Aford leader, who is pushing for Malawi to adopt a federal system of government, added that the only option to AIP is to put farmers in clubs and then provide them with soft loans which they can use to buy fertiliser and other inputs.<\/p>\n

On federalism, Chihana said for development to reach all corners of the country, there is need for adoption of the system. He said among others, the system will ensure district councils have full control of resources, unlike the current situation where all resources are controlled by the central government.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. One of Tonse Alliance partners, Alliance for Democracy (Aford), says it will go alone in next year\u2019s elections with its current leader Enoch Chihana trashing Agricultural Input Programme (AIP) as \u2018bad and must be aborted\u2019. 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