By Paul Nyathi|Government has declined the appointment of Acie Lumumba as the so called Spokesperson for the task force in the Ministry of Finance.

In a post on Twitter on Monday through the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services government distanced Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube from Lumumba and his new appointment.

The Information Ministry said that Ncube does not have spokesperson outside of the government and said that Lumumba’s appointment was yet to come into effect as the Minister was still formalising the requirements of the Civil Service Commission and the Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ), formerly the State Procurement Board (SPB).

“Minister of Finance, Hon @MthuliNcube would like to inform the public that he doesn’t have a spokesperson outside institutions of govt. Regarding the “Communications Taskforce”, he is yet to operationalise it as he is dealing with requirements of PRAZ & Civil Service Commission.”