Pan African Parliament chairperson, Auxillia Mnangagwa has called on political leaders to go beyond lip service in tackling hunger in their respective countries and deliver tangible results that can benefit the continent.
BY BLESSED MHLANGA
In her opening address at a workshop organised Pan-African Parliament in Kenya last week, Mnangagwa said food security in Africa was under threat owing to climate change.
“Honourable members, as you are aware, Africa’s goals of food security are currently under serious threat due to climate change. It is painful to see people in Africa eating unusual food in order to push for survival of that day,” she said.
Zimbabwe is currently facing serious food shortages, with over four million in need of food aid, owing to the El Nino-induced drought.
Mnangagwa also called on parliamentarians to take seriously the threats of food security and resolutions that were reached at the workshop, instead of just enjoying opulence, while not delivering any change.
“My fellow compatriots, we cannot continue to sleep in luxury hotels, eat good food using taxpayers’ money and gracefully pack our bags and go home without implementing that which we have learnt from this programme. I am pleading with you, fellow citizens of Africa, to join me to echo a successful ‘One Africa, One Voice’ song and I know that together we shall build our own anthill of success,” she said.
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Mnangagwa, who is Chirumhanzu-Zibagwe legislator, said it was not enough to talk and claim to be helping improve the lives of citizens without providing food to the needy.
“Have we done enough to help Africa and its citizens? If our answer is ‘yes’, the normal pursuant question is to see the proof and test the honey because unless one tests the farmers’ honey, one would never know the difference,” she said.
