eBusiness Weekly
Government will not allocate foreign currency to senior Government officials who will benefit from the vehicle loan scheme, but will provide the money through Real Time Gross Settlement in order to save scarce foreign currency, a senior Government official has said.In the past the Government bought senior Government officials condition of service vehicles, but it recently scrapped the facility as part of broader austerity measures.
Finance and Economic Development permanent secretary George Guvamatanga, said recently the affected officials would, however, be allowed to import their vehicles duty-free. — New Ziana.