Govt to implement moral report immediately
Friday, March 12, 2010
The National Strategy for the Promotion of Good Social Values has been approved through a presidential directive on the report by the joint advisory committee of ntlo ya dikgosi and the Botswana Council of Churches on social values.The report emanates from the 2008 Presidential Taskforce chaired by kgosi Puso Gaborone.
Members of Ntlo Ya dikgosi were told this week that having carefully considered the Joint Advisory Committee's report, Cabinet had approved the majority of its recommendations through a Presidential Directive endorsing the White Paper. The same directive further defines the administrative and institutional framework for monitoring and implementing the Joint Committee's accepted recommendations, said a release from government spokesman Jeff Ramsay, quoting Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Lesego, Motsumi this week.
Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...