Butale Calls for Citizenship Extension To Foreigners

BPF president Biggie Butale. PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
BPF president Biggie Butale. PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) president Biggie Butale says Botswana must have a policy on targeted immigration to give foreign nationals with scarce skills citizenship as a way of increasing the country’s population.

Butale, who was representing BPF during the Presidential debate organised by Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (BOCONGO) on Friday, also said the country could be a net exporter of goods and services but that should start with allowing a targeted immigration.

He was debating alongside Alliance for Progressives (AP) president, Ndaba Gaolathe while the ruling party’s Mokgweetsi Masisi and Umbrella for Democratic Change’s Duma Boko did not participate in the debate.

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