Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has rubbished the ZWL$18 billion stimulus package to cushion businesses from coronavirus lockdown-induced economic challenges announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last month.
In an interview with the Daily News, Biti said money is not even available and overall, the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been pathetic. Said Biti:
Before we even go there, the money [$18 billion stimulus package] is not there, it’s just hot air. You know its criminal that we have had a lockdown since March 30, 2020, and this government has not put a single cent to Covid-19.
