Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has officially terminated Acie Lumumba’s appointment as Chairman of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Communications Taskforce.
In a letter to Lumumba, Ncube said the contract was terminated after new information came to light over the appropriateness of the appointment. Ncube’s letter to Lumumba reads:
On the 19th of October 2018 you were engaged by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development as the Chairman of the Ministry Communications Taskforce. New information has come to light over the appropriateness of the appointment. This letter serves as a notification of the termination of the contract with immediate effect.
Should you need any points of clarity please do not hesitate to contact the Permanent Secretary Mr George Guvamatanga.
Wishing you well in your future endeavours.
The Finance Minister seems to be ruffling feathers in the ruling party as a few days after announcing his fiscal policy Zanu-PF heavyweights Obert Mpofu and Simon Khaya Moyo said that Ncube had neglected to consult them and said he should realise that the party was supreme in all matters.After Ncube’s purported appointment of Lumumba, Deputy Minister of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Energy Mutodi came out saying that Ncube was undermining his ministry by the appointment and claimed that Ncube had also neglected to consult the people at the Information Ministry. Mayor Justice Wadyajena, the Zanu-PF legislator for Gokwe-Nembudziya also called out Ncube for his seeming hypocrisy after he hired Lumumba and defied a government freeze on employment.