TANZANIA GOVT. TO CONSTRUCT ONE-STOP CENTRE FOR FOUNDING PRESIDENT

The government of Tanzania is making plans to construct a one-stop centre that will mark the 100th birthday of the Founding Father of the Nation, the late MwalimuJulius Nyerere.

Accroding to the plan, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism has launched a programme called ‘Mwl Nyerere@100’ that will document, conserve and promote MwalimuNyerere’s life events for heritage tourism.

The 10-year programme plan is aimed at collecting MwalimuNyerere’s life events since he was born and keep them under one roof. It will also be implemented jointly by stakeholders.

Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Dr Damas Ndumbaro in a statement said, “There are a lot of things Nyerere did but they are scattered, so we call upon individuals who have records of Nyerere’s works or activities to bring them to us for documenting and conserving for tourism purpose.”

He also noted that the programme would market and develop Nyerere’s heritage resources for the benefit of the current and future generations in order to boost tourism.

Ndumbaro also said that during 10 years of implementation of the programme, the ministry targets to achieve, among others, marketing the country, building a centre for collection and documenting live events of MwalimuNyerere and other liberation struggle frontiers.

SOURCE: Daily News