MAYENGO NYIRENDA
Chipata
NATIONAL Union of Private Educators of Zambia (NUPEZ) has advised teachers not to live beyond their means as this may lead to indebtedness.
The educators have also been advised to stop gambling, a practice that is reportedly encouraging them to overborrow.
NUPEZ Eastern Province coordinator Paul Mazunda told Breeze FM in Chipata that salaries which teachers are currently receiving are enough to sustain their daily welfare, hence they should live within their means.
Mr Mazunda said overborrowing is not only limited to teachers but cuts across the civil service.
“Some teachers have become highly indebted because they are introducing certain things that can’t be sustained with their salaries, therefore, subjecting them to abject poverty as they can’t manage to pay huge debt,” he said…https://enews.daily-mail.co.zm/welcome/home
