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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zambia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Government has not paid over $100 million to Avic International, the contractor constructing the new Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport. Speaking during the commissioning of the new Simon Mwana Kapwepwe International Airport by President Edgar Lungu in Ndola yesterday, Avic representative Lei Yingqi disclosed that the construction firm is using borrowed funds with high interest to ensure works progress and employees are paid.<\/p>\n

And Mr. Yingqi says the pandemic has also severely affected the project stating that foreign purchased materials, equipment and technical personal support from abroad have been cut off or delayed.<\/p>\n

He has disclosed that in May and June 2021, Avic had to evacuate half of its site labour force and that in July, it accomplished the government instruction and reopened working site with strict epidemic protection and disinfection measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. Government has not paid over $100 million to Avic International, the contractor constructing the new Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport. Speaking during the commissioning of the new Simon Mwana Kapwepwe International Airport by President Edgar Lungu in Ndola yesterday, Avic representative Lei Yingqi disclosed that the construction firm is using borrowed funds […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":3865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8,16],"tags":[234,235,1553,1552,233],"class_list":["post-3866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-avic","tag-labour-force","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nGovt Owes Contractor Of New Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport Over $100 Million - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Government has not paid over $100 million to Avic International, the contractor constructing the new Simon Mwansa Kapwep ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/govt-owes-contractor-of-new-simon-mwansa-kapwepwe-international-airport-over-100-million\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt Owes Contractor Of New Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport Over $100 Million\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Government has not paid over $100 million to Avic International, the contractor constructing the new Simon Mwansa Kapwep ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/govt-owes-contractor-of-new-simon-mwansa-kapwepwe-international-airport-over-100-million\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-06T22:59:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/08\/img-610dbdb8de0dd.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"341\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/govt-owes-contractor-of-new-simon-mwansa-kapwepwe-international-airport-over-100-million#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/govt-owes-contractor-of-new-simon-mwansa-kapwepwe-international-airport-over-100-million\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Govt Owes Contractor Of New Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport Over $100 Million\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-06T22:59:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/govt-owes-contractor-of-new-simon-mwansa-kapwepwe-international-airport-over-100-million\"},\"wordCount\":145,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/govt-owes-contractor-of-new-simon-mwansa-kapwepwe-international-airport-over-100-million#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/08\/img-610dbdb8de0dd.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Avic\",\"labour force\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/govt-owes-contractor-of-new-simon-mwansa-kapwepwe-international-airport-over-100-million#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/govt-owes-contractor-of-new-simon-mwansa-kapwepwe-international-airport-over-100-million\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/govt-owes-contractor-of-new-simon-mwansa-kapwepwe-international-airport-over-100-million\",\"name\":\"Govt Owes Contractor Of New Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport Over $100 Million - 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