It would take 40 years to clear debt accrued from feeder, township roads – Nkombo

LOCAL Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo says it would take government up to 40 years to clear the outstanding debt accrued from feeder and township road projects across the country, without undertaking any new projects. Delivering a ministerial statement in parliament, Tuesday, Nkombo said the actual amount being owed was yet to be fully reconciled with the National Road Fund Agency (NRFA). He added that the House would be informed once the reconciliations were completed. “The actual amount being owed is yet to be fully reconciled with the National Road Fund Agency being the road fund managers and the House will be informed once the reconciliations are completed. Madam Speaker, with the current budget allocations to the roads…...