ECONOMIST Professor Oliver Saasa says Zambia should not aspire for debt cancellation, arguing that a sovereign country must have pride in meeting its obligations all the time. And Prof Saasa says the UPND government must tame its appetite for contracting sovereign debt and ensure that there is a clear economic recovery programme on how resources will be applied. Speaking when he featured on Diamond TV, Sunday, Prof Saasa said while debt cancellation might give some relief, it was not advisable. “The most important thing for us as Zambians to accept is that when you go into the bank as an individual to borrow, you shouldn’t, after borrowing, go back and pray that I’ll be forgiven and I shouldn’t pay. As...

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