Tinaani Nyabereka
Gweru City Council has commissioned a US$ 73k fire tender which was purchased from Namibia recently.
The fire tender was commissioned together, with 4 Nissan NP200 trucks and two tractor trailers as part of boosting the service vehicle fleet.
Speaking to the media at the official opening today, Gweru City Council Public Relations Officer, Vimbai Chingwaramusee said the vehicles were bought to boost the service delivery fleet.
“We bought these vehicle, from our coffers as efforts to improve the fleet for service delivery. These cars are going to be distributed to critical areas of operations namely the Engineering side for sewer, fire department, health and finance where the other pick-up truck will be used for meter reading purposes.
“We pride ourselves in this development because as a city we are moving towards achieving middle income city status by the year 2030 as we work in line with the government’s developmental vision.
“Our fire tender was bought in Namibia at a cost of US$73 000, and its coming in to boost the fleet which already exist. As a local authority we say these are works of residents and we keep on encouraging them to pay their bills for their own benefit.
“All the money residents are paying is going in improvement of services,” said Chingwaramusee.
Gweru Council Mayor, Martin Chivhoko expressed gratitude to the residents of Gweru for pushing towards the improvement of their services.
“We are happy with the development which is taking shape in the city, this shows that as a people we are working towards the betterment of our home which is Gweru.
“As council we only want better service delivery for our people. Bins must be collected, we want water, we want working traffic lights, and we want good roads.
“Gweru is better if we achieve good services for our people. The vehicles are a sign is a sign that public funds are being used for the benefit of the people,” Chivhoko added.
