NATIONAL Road Fund Agency (NRFA) Board Chairperson Noel Nkoma says ZESCO risked total collapse if it had continued with the same tariffs. And Nkoma says citizens will continue to struggle under the current cost of living until the foreign exchange rate improves. Meanwhile, Nkoma says in five years, government’s revenue share will increase from the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway. Speaking when he featured on the Red Hot Breakfast show on Hot FM, Friday, Nkoma said Zesco was self-sustaining as it was not being subsidised by way of government grants. “I have had long conversations with my boss, Honourable Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane and he feels the pain that many Zambians are going through but it’s an issue again, what I speak to...

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