Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has poured ZWL$73 million into Mashonaland East vocational training centres as ZANU PF targets youths in its quest to amass five million votes in the 2023 general elections.
This was revealed by the party’s Mashonaland East provincial youth league chairperson Kelvin Mutsvairo at an executive committee meeting held in Marondera on Wednesday. He said:
We want to increase membership of the party so we are including youths. We have noticed that youths need bread and butter, so we request resuscitation of vocational training centres so that our youths will be capacitated with skills which they use to generate income.
Our President responded by injecting ZWL$25 million to Mudzi Vocational Training Centre, ZWL$7 million to Nyahori Training Centre in Chikomba and ZWL$41 million to Igava National Youth Service Training Centre.
Mutsvairo also revealed that the ruling party was working with different organisations and associations to garner five million votes for Mnangagwa. He added:
We have different organisations and associations with which we are working in order to achieve five million votes for President Mnangagwa.
These associations and organisations are going to fund youths so that they can start their own business.
We have invited Affirmative Action Group (AAG), Zicosu (Zimbabwe Congress of Student Unions), the leader of Johane Masowe (Apostolic sect) and the Young Farmers Initiative Association.
Speaking at the same occasion, AAG president Mike Chimombe said it was impossible to make money in Zimbabwe without being linked to ZANU PF.
Chimombe credited Mnangagwa with assisting him to become a millionaire. He said their organisation is going to work with ZANU PF to ensure Mnangagwa’s victory.
