The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, Gideon Gono has lamented the political leadership of the country, indicating they are putting forward their personal interests.

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, Gideon Gono

In a statement, Gono said we have seen in recent weeks following the historic “harmonized” general election how it is easy to generate disharmony and needlessly engender tension and anxieties which can assume a momentum of their own with the result of leaving our Nation at risk of serious divisions, violence and conflict at time when we need National Unity and Cohesion the most.

“Our national leadership from across the political divide has enough lessons from our recent history as an independent nation to understand that violence of any kind has never ever paid and will never pay because it does not pay. Indeed, violence never solves anything, quite the contrary it always makes a bad situation worse,” he said.

According to Gono, it is for this reason that we have consistently advised on the critical need for national healing and for dialogue to promote the meeting of hearts and minds of all Zimbabweans as the only way forward for our country.

“While we have been heartened to notice that a growing number of political players across the political divide are beginning to use the language of nation-building and economic revival, we nevertheless eagerly await the day when that language will be transformed into operational beliefs through concerted action.”

“And we pray that this will happen not tomorrow but today. Words are meaningful only when they are acted upon not only when they are declared,” he said.

“As such, needed current actions and reforms must not be delayed or derailed for political, religious, ethnic, regional, gender or any other narrow minded expediency to the detriment of our national interest.”

“To all political formations and political actors, our advice remains that you should please put the interests of Zimbabwe and its people first ahead of any personal or sectoral considerations. In so doing, you will help end the longest and most severe winter to grip our Nation since our hard won independence from a heroic struggle whose legacy and gains we should not dare betray for whatever reason or excuse.”

“The unfolding global phenomenon of hunger is not a distant imbalance but one that will knock on the door of each and every household particularly the vulnerable members of our society unless we act urgently to prevent it.”

“On matters of food security and the need for productive social safety nets; nets that have a human face, as well as current programmes that seek to guarantee food security and long-term stability needless politicking and divisive tactics must be avoided at all costs,” he said.

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