Work hard, begging can’t sustain a human being, Lungu tells labourers

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says begging cannot sustain a human being emphasising that people should work hard. And President Lungu says government is implementing the COVID-19 emergency cash transfer program targeting 38,000 households in 20 districts. Speaking when he officiated at the Labor Day celebrations, Saturday, President Lungu said citizens could not continue pursuing handouts anymore. “At the individual level, money cannot be in your pocket without hard work. Food cannot come to your table without hard work. And begging cannot sustain a human being. Therefore, we all need to work hard. If we fail at individual level, it means the whole nation fails. We cannot develop our country without hard work at individual level. We just have to work hard…...