THE latest Auditor General’s report on parastatal bodies has revealed that Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia failed to produce 47,338.05 metric tonnes of Compound D fertiliser for the 2022/2023 farming season and 43,292.70 metric tonnes for the 2023/2024 farming season under a contract with the Ministry of Agriculture. The report has further disclosed that NCZ outsourced the contract for the supply, delivery and distribution of 30,538.05MT and 19,715.15MT for the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 farming seasons, respectively, the tonnages being shortfalls from what NCZ was able to produce. According to the report, management attributed this to delays in the award of the contract by the Ministry of Agriculture, which strained logistics for mobilising inputs for production. “A review of accounting and other...