Defence Minister Ambrose Lufuma says Government has not yet finalized the process of the Shortlisted defence force candidates for the 2022/2023 recruitment.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Zambian Business Times – ZBT, Lufuma said there has not been timeframe/date set for the releasing of the names of the qualified candidates adding that the selected applicants will only be published when all is finalized.
There has been demands on why Government has delayed to published the names of the shortlisted candidates. Minister of Defence Ambrose Lufuma had in January indicated that the names of the shortlisted candidates where to be published in the print media on February, 2023. He wrote, “Be informed that names of the shortlisted applicants who applied to join the defense force shall be published in the daily mall not later than 10th February 2023.”
Lufuma said in a statement on his social media adding that the shortlisted applicants where at the time undergoing security and verification of details.
When contacted for a comment on why the list had delayed, Lufuma said the list will only be published when it is ready and could however not mention what has caused the delay in as far as the releasing of names of the Shortlisted applicants is concerned.
Over 200, 000 Zambian individuals country wide had applied to join the Zambia National Service ZNS, Zambia Army and the Zambia Airforce ZAF against the available 5, 000 slots.
