Tinashe Sambiri|Construction workers were forced to work overnight to repair the main road in Masvingo’s Central Business District before Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s trip to Chivi District.

Mr Mnangagwa commissioned a village water project on Wednesday.

“Workers were called back from holiday to repair the city’s main road before Mr Mnangagwa’s trip to Chivi.

Mr Mnangagwa commissioned the Chombwe Piped Water Project.

We had just closed for Christmas when we were called back. It really disrupted our programmes,” a source told ZimEye.com.

Disgruntled government officials accused of Mr Mnangagwa of wasting taxpayers’ money as he should have assigned the Minister of State for Masvingo Province to handle the official opening of the village project.

“How can a whole President travel all the way from Harare to Masvingo to commission a low key village programme? This man is wasting State resources,” fumed a senior government official.

While the project is a community initiative, Zanu PF’s Ezra Chadzamira has claimed the programme is the ruling party’s baby.

“This is a Zanu PF baby- we are working hard to empower our people across the province,” claimed Chadzamira.