Hichilema orders urban teachers moved to rural schools
Public workers who fail to return to their original posts could lose their government salaries, the president has warned.
President Hakainde Hichilema has ordered that surplus teachers in towns and cities be moved at once to rural schools that are short of staff. The same order covers nurses under the Ministry of Health and agricultural extension officers who have left their assigned posts.
Those who do not go back to the stations they were first posted to could be struck off the government payroll, the president said. The aim is to fill gaps in rural areas where staff are missing.
The report gives no timetable for the moves and does not say when the affected workers must report to their new postings.
Why it mattersTeachers, nurses and extension officers who have strayed from their posts face losing their salaries if they stay where they are.