HEALTH and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa has bowed down to pressure from labour organisations and has invited nominations for candidates with a labour background to join the National Aids Council (NAC) board.
Christopher Mahove OWN CORRESPONDENT
In a letter dated November 21 2014 and addressed to the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary-general Japhet Moyo, Parirenyatwa said: “I am, therefore, requesting your office to submit three names of potential candidates for this board.
“I may, thereafter, select one name for appointment. Kindly submit the names and their CVs by the 28th of November 2014.”
The letter was copied to the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions.
Parirenyatwa last month appointed a 10-member NAC board chaired by Everisto Marowa, which did not include any representative from labour, a move which angered trade unionists.
The ZCTU argued that it was unfair for trade unions in the country to be omitted from the board considering that organised labour contributed 80% of NAC’s resources.
Chapter 15:14, Section 5, sub-section 2 (e), of the National Aids Council Act stipulates that a representative of labour should sit on the NAC board.
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Other members appointed to the new board include Beatrice Tonhodzayi-Ngondo, Golden Guni, Shylet Ndiweni, Josiah Jayi, Naume Mazango, Virginia Samkange, Brian Tanyanyiwa Chinyerere and Togarepi Chagwiza.
There have been concerns among stakeholders over the appointment of the board, with some accusing the minister of recycling board members who were no longer representing their constituencies.
