Lobby group in bid to block Davos delegation
A LOBBY group, Fight Inequality Alliance Zimbabwe (FIA) says Zimbabwe’s attendance of the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting to be held in Davos, Switzerland will be a waste of taxpayers’ money.
19 May 2022
In a statement yesterday, FIA Zimbabwe urged the government to concentrate on ending socio-economic inequalities saying: “Is Davos a priority with all the economic woes citizens are facing at home?”
FIA Zimbabwe national co-ordinator Angellah Mandoreba told NewsDay that as a lobby group they were concerned that taxpayers will be funding the trip for government representatives to attend the WEF meeting, which they said was a socialisation platform which often came up with anti-people economic policy prescriptions.
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