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Development, Lifestyle, Top News

Blantyre Mayor Ndipo appeals for a crime free festive season

Maravi Post Reporter

Blantyre City Mayor Wild Ndipo 

By Chikondi Manjawira

 

Blantyre City Mayor Wild Ndipo has appealed to Blantyre City residents and the public in general to take a responsibility of creating a crime free festive season.

 

Mayor Ndipo made the appeal during the Christmas lights switch on ceremony organised by Blantyre City Council on  21st December, 2018 at the Councils offices in Blantyre.

 

Ndipo said; “By observing the tips that Police always give during festival period like this one, we can manage to have a crime free festive season. Experience shows that criminals also take advantage that most people travel during this period.”

 

Mayor Ndipo further urged the public to make sure that they do not leave their homes unattended to at all times.

 

“Even criminals would want to celebrate Christmas but sadly, they celebrate using things that they have stolen from innocent people. We should not give them that chance”, Ndipo added.

 

Mayor Ndipo continued by reminding his fellow councilors of the Clean Premises Competition which was launched on 10th December 2018.

He therefore pleaded them to be exemplary in their respective areas  by not just throw garbage anyhow as one way of influencing the change of attitude in the society.

 

He said the initiative aims at bringing back Blantyre city’s lost glory as it used to be one of the cleanest cities in this part of Africa.

 

Ndipo further said there is need to change of the Council will clean among Blantyre residents and the people who visit the city and start observing DO NOT LITTER Policy.

 

“For us to achieve this aspiration of keeping Blantyre Clean and Green, we need concerted efforts from all stakeholders. We need participation of everyone. Even if we can sweep the whole city clean, collect garbage, put bins everywhere in the city, if we don’t change our attitude, we cannot achieve anything.

 

“My fellow residents; let us change our attitude. Let us own the city and not look at it as if it belongs to the Council. It pains to see a normal human being eating either sugarcane or bananas and just throw the peels anyhow. As a Council, we are driven by our Motto Taking the City back to the People and we would want to take the City to the people that are responsible’, said Ndipo.

 

Ndipo wished the residents a Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year!

“As he switched on Christmas Lights in the beautiful City of Blantyre symbolizing the beginning of Christmas celebrations”.

Education, Malawi, Regional, Top News

Mozambique in dire need of English teachers; Quelimane City signs MOU with Blantyre Council

Maravi Post Reporter

By Chikondi Manjawira

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Mozambique’s Quelimane City of Zambezia Province and Malawi’s Blantyre City Council (BCC) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which is expected to enhance development in various fields including education among others.

The mutual agreement aims at creating different business opportunities to the residents of both cities.

The Newly signed MoU consists of five vital points which will see the two cities exchanging knowledge in different areas, promoting cultural exchange.

It will also to create conducive environment for reciprocal investment by business people thereby boosting the economy of the two cities.

Speaking during the MoU signing ceremony at BCC’s Civic Centre Town Hall, Mayor for Quelimane City in Mozambique, Manuel de Araujo assured commitment towards meeting the needs of the people in Quelimane and Blantyre cities through the existing relationship.

“The four day visit with a strong delegation of business persons shows that we are very committed to this partnership. We have managed to meet different business people who have shown interest in opening up different businesses in different areas.

“This is just an official umbrella to strengthen the relationship that is already in existence. We don’t have enough English teachers and I believe through this agreement we will see more Malawian teachers teaching in Mozambique and even opening English schools hence promoting education,” he said.

In his remarks, Blantyre City Mayor Wild Ndipo uttered his happiness towards the signing of the MoU saying it has taken the relationship to another level.

“I am very contented with the MoU we have signed with Quelimane City. It has revived the relationship which was almost dying and this will promote various developments of mutual benefits including areas of public private partnership. There is potential in this relationship that the residents will benefit more from it. We are giving back to the people as Blantyre city so we will make sure to explore more to make Blantyre more vibrant.

“We are calling upon people in Blantyre to use this as an opportunity to go open businesses in Quelimane especially teachers because our sister city has a challenge in communication specifically in English so our teachers can easily benefit more,” he said.

Quelimane and Blantyre Cities relationship will promote common prosperity of the people in int the two cities.

The mutual understanding will see regular visits between the two cities and that they will designate an office and contact persons in their respective Councils to be responsible for the liaison work between them so as to facilitate the mutual exchanges and cooperation.