SECRETARY to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa says the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZAMSTATS) 2022 poverty assessments report which revealed that poverty levels had increased from 54.4 per cent to 60 per cent is an indication that the country is becoming very poor. And Nkulukusa says Zambia is the fourth most unequal country in Africa. Meanwhile, Nkulukusa says there is a need for the county to have a more efficient civil service because things move too slow at the moment. Speaking during a Public Lecture on exploring Zambia’s economic outlook post debt restructuring at Copperbelt University, Friday, Nkulukusa said the country was becoming very poor. “The Central Statistics just announced the poverty levels that they have increased from 54 to 60 per...

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