The Zambia Revenue Authority – ZRA has donated 20,000 litters of fuel and disinfectants worth K500,000 to help curb the COVID-19 situation at the Nakonde border.
ZRA Commissioner General Kingsley Chanda says, given that Nakonde border is the second largest and busiest border in Zambia, all efforts will be done to ensure the COVID situation which has affected employees of ZRA, Immigration and other agencies is controlled.
Chanda further stated that ZRA is the lead agency at the border, hence the Authority has decided to make a donation of fuel in order to help transport all COVID suspected patients to the quarantine Centre in Chinsali, which is close to 200 kilometers from Nakonde.
In a statement made available to the Zambian Business Times – ZBT by ZRA Corporate Communications Manager Topsy Sikalinda, the Commissioner also announced that the border has been re-opened for only critical essential goods such as food, fuel and medical supplies although the comprehensive list will be issued to the public soon.
He said disinfection of the entire border is also being done by the Ministry of Health using materials donated by ZRA for all offices at the boarder including Immigration, Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA), Compulsory Standards and other government departments.
“The disinfecting exercise will also be extended to residences of all government border agency personnel in an effort to protect lives and combat the spread of COVID-19 which has also negatively affected revenue collection with inevitable devastating impact on the economy and our people”. He added
