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Zanu PF lobby for Mugabe Day

Higher and Tertiary Education Minister, Professor Jonathan Moyo has joined the bandwagon, calling for the President’s birthday to be declared a public holiday.

President Mugabe turns 92 on February 21, with the Zanu-PF Youth League organising celebrations in Masvingo province.

In a series of tweets that were sent from his official twitter account, despite criticism from other twitter users, Minister Moyo maintained that declaring the 21st of February as a public holiday would be a noble idea.

Professor Moyo drew examples from Kenya and the United States saying they all recognise their own President’s Day

Public reactions the Tweet

263Chat, through its following on twitter  conducted a mini survey to determine public perception on the proposed Mugabe Day. The initiative stirred debate with some people saying it is a misplaced priority.

However, Coccin Maenzanise feels that the nation owes the President some tribute.

Meanwhile the party’s national youth secretary, Pupurai Togarepi was quoted in today’s Newsday saying they would go ahead and celebrate the “Robert Mugabe Day” this year and lobby for people to commemorate the day like any other public holiday.

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“We have started the procedures to have the day declared a public holiday. We wrote a letter last year to the Justice Ministry, but you know because of government bureaucracy, we are still waiting for them (to respond). However, this year, we will go ahead and celebrate the icon. We will urge people not to go to work and youths will have real celebrations on that day,” said Newsday.

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