By Almot Maqolo.
HARARE – Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Ziscosteel) interim board chairman Professor Gift Mugano has tendered a letter of resignation to his employer (government), barely 10 months after being appointed.
Ziscosteel stopped operating 12 years ago. However, there have been efforts to try and bring it back to life.
In a letter directed to Minister of Industry and Commerce Dr Sekai Nzenza, gleaned by this publication, Professor Mugano said “As a follow up to our conversations over my comments on public media on government policies which are viewed by some sections of government as in direct conflict with my role as a board member of a state enterprise, I took a reflection of the concerns and decided to resign from the ZISCO board.
“The decision to resign is built on a firm view that I believe that my contribution on the policy discourse is of primary importance which cannot be forfeited in favor of maintaining a micro role as the interim chairman and board member of ZISCO,” reads the letter.
He said,”For avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the arguments that my comments are negative and retrogressive, evidence shows that in a number of times policy makers regularly took up my submissions”.
“In any way, the second republic, in line with the provision of the Constitution of Zimbabwe on freedom of expression, which is outlined in the Transitional Stabilisation Program paragraph 1766,has opened the space for citizens which include commentators such as economists to freely express themselves.”
Also, Professor Mugano noted that: “It is on the basis of the foregoing that I took a firm view that it is in the best interest of the country that I continue to provide uninterrupted and constructive views on various policies without any constraint for the interest of our beloved country.”
It is my sincere hope too that government will remain open to divergent views on various policies without any constraint for the interest of our beloved country, he added.
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