Africa-Press – Tanzania. IN the coming fiscal year 2021/2022, the government is eyeing at accelerating the implementation of Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects that would see construction of a four star hotel and integrated business centre at Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA).
The hotel, to be built, will complement the operation of the JNIA whose terminal three that was inaugurated in August 2019 is capable of handling six million passengers annually. Under the same arrangement, the government will also expedite construction of essential pharmaceutical industries and medical equipment.
These were among the issues that featured in the new national budget tabled by the Minister for Finance and Planning Dr Mwigulu Nchemba in Parliament on Thursday.
The minister also noted that there will be a construction of a natural gas distribution infrastructure in Dar es Salaam, Lindi and Mtwara region as well as a construction of a mobile phone assembling factory through the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA).
“Citizens and other investors are invited to identify projects of their interest to be implemented under PPP arrangement,” said the minister. In another development, Dr Nchemba asked public servants to prudently manage taxpayers’ money with high integrity and all Tanzanians should voluntarily pay taxes for effective implementation of national development.
In another development, Dr Nchemba asked public servants to prudently manage taxpayers’ money with high integrity and all Tanzanians should voluntarily pay taxes for effective implementation of national development.
“I urge all public officers entrusted with procurement matters to adhere to the laws, procedures, and regulations and to exercise patriotism and high integrity,” he said.
Going forward, he said the government will institute deliberate measures to strengthen legal administration and procurement procedures. As part of efforts to protect business and private properties, Dr Nchemba instructed government officials to adhere to the professional guidelines and practices that promote trade and investments.
“There are malpractices done by both public and private sectors that weaken our economy. For example, the tendency of defaulting debt service obligations, which reduces the ability of banks to issue loans. There are also instances of debtors deliberately delaying debt payments through court injunctions. This is an abuse of rule of law,” he warned.
He also urged public servants and all Tanzanians to work hard, embrace integrity and patriotism, saying civil servants must build a culture that protects public and private properties. He affirmed that the sixth phase regime will continue improving revenue collection based on professionalism, rules and fairness.
“For those who think that we will relax revenue collection efforts, I would like to emphasize that we shall collect government revenue,” he insisted. In terms of public property, the ministers called public servants to embrace patriotism and integrity when fulfilling its daily responsibilities
