Centre for trade policy and
development under the economic governance and tax program has embarked on a
resource utilization and mineral revenue sharing mechanism project aimed at
tracking and monitoring mineral revenue in the areas where mining activities
are taking place.
In an
interview with CTPD information and communications officer
Isaiah Mbewe said Zambia is blessed with a lot of minerals but there is no
prudent management of the resources being collected from the minerals hence the
need to train the community.
Mr Mbewe
said there is need for people to track and monitor how resources are being used
by the local authorities that is why they have come up with a community mineral
revenue tracking toolkit to help the community to easily track if the resources
are being used for the intended purposes.
He said
monitoring of how the resources are being used will bring about accountability
and transparency in local authorities stating that so far the people who have
been trained are eager to go out and find out how the resources are being
utilized to the benefit of the community.
Mr Mbewe
said the results which will be collected from the finding from community
leaders will be presented at this years first ever provincial mining Indaba in
June.
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