Mnangagwa reaffirms commitment to war veterans welfare… Gifts them groceries, bicycles
President Mnangagwa has handed over three houses, built under the Presidential War Veterans Housing Scheme, to veterans of the liberation struggle in Maphisa, reaffirming Government’s commitment to improving the welfare of liberation war heroes.
The President, who was accompanied by the First Lady, Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa, commissioned and toured the houses before handing over grocery hampers and bicycles to the liberation heroes.
He then commissioned one of the boreholes drilled in Maphisa under the Presidential Borehole Drilling Scheme. Zanu PF Secretary for War Veterans, Ex-Political Prisoners, Detainees and Restrictees, and Non-combatant Cadres, Cde Douglas Mahiya, thanked the President for championing the welfare of war veterans and explained that the War Veterans Housing Scheme is an ongoing programme that targets building houses for war veterans nationwide.
“We have a listening president, who initiated empowerment programmes for us war veterans, the housing for war veterans programme, the borehole drilling programme, and many other empowerment programmes.
“On behalf of the war veterans, I thank the President so much that we wish him to live longer. It is these programmes that we believe should continue up to 2030, hence Constitutional Amendment Number 3 Bill.
“We support the idea that the President has got to be in office up to 2030 so that these programmes continue,” he said.
Speaking on the sidelines of the ceremony, Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs Minister Monica Mavhunga thanked the President for taking good care of war veterans.
“I want to thank the president because he saw it fit to establish a fully-fledged ministry, which I head, the ministry that is looking into the welfare and economic empowerment of the war veterans.
“I am happy that the issuing of these houses is being done this time when we are celebrating our hard-won independence,” said Minister Mavhunga.
She also thanked Presidential Advisor Dr Paul Tungwarara for supporting the various Presidential schemes aimed at uplifting the lives of liberation war fighters.
“I want to thank His Excellency for giving us his Special Advisor, Dr Tungwarara. We are working well with him in all the empowerment projects that are being extended to all veterans,” she said.
The Presidential War Veterans Housing Scheme targets the construction of decent accommodation for war veterans across the country, with Maphisa being among the latest beneficiaries. *_-Herald_*
