Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa Sunday directed Local Government and Housing Minister to exempt the church's schools and clinics from paying rates in appreciation of the great contribution the church is making in augmenting the government effort of improving the economic welfare of the people.
Mwanawasa also told Masebo to favorably consider the church's request for rate exemption for specific educational youths skills institutions and other social institutions because the church is serving people on behalf of the government.
He said in Solwezi, the capital of North-Western province, that without the church's valuable contribution, the government alone would not have achieved as much as it has done, citing health institutions run by the church.
Mwanawasa commended the church for its efforts in fighting and mitigating the effects of HIV/AIDS through home based care and the orphans and vulnerable children programs that have provided love, care and support.
The president said without such interventions many children would have dropped out of school, hence urged the church and government to continue working together for the benefit of people of Zambia.
Source: Xinhua
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