By A Correspondent- Newly appointed National Housing and Social Amenities Minister Daniel Garwe said his ministry would focus on construction of houses.

“The construction industry has been dormant because of the economic hardships the country is going through,” he said.

“This is a service industry. People would first want food before they think of building.

“Our mandate is to turn around the economy and the construction industry plays a critical role in turning around the economy. Construction provided instant job creation and instant wealth creation and the employment was less reliant on technology and more on hard work. 

“It is a hard-hat industry. It creates a massive amount of jobs. That is what we are going to push to ensure that our youths, women and everybody else gets employment.”

Minister Garwe said he would strive to bring order into housing cooperatives that have been building houses on sites without social amenities.

-StateMedia