CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa has justified government’s decision to use First Quantum Minerals’ trucks to transport maize from Tanzania, indicating that it is cost-effective as they will only be paying for one route. And Mweetwa says former president Edgar Lungu has failed to survive outside of government, which is why he is desperate to return to power. During a media briefing, Wednesday, Mweetwa explained that FQM would use its returning copper export trucks to carry maize imported from Tanzania. “Let me take this opportunity to update the nation that the maize being imported from Tanzania has begun to arrive in the country. Every day now for a few days that have gone past, truck loads are entering the borders...

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