PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has advised Patriotic Front (PF) members to remain calm, united and embrace new members joining the ruling party.
President Lungu said the PF was a solid family that freely welcomed everyone equally without exception.
President Lungu said this during a fundraising dinner at Teja Executive Lodge in Mansa on Saturday evening.
Mr Lungu called on party members to continue with the ideology of serving the poor on which the party was founded.
He added that the PF had no money but friends that supported its operations.
The Head of State urged party members not to listen to people who were politicking but focus on expanding its structures.
Mr Lungu also advised the party members to conduct themselves accordingly and in line with the wishes and vision of late President Michael Sata.
Luapula Province PF chairperson Nixon Chilangwa said the party was engaging in various ventures to make it self-sustaining.
Mr Chilangwa said that PF had so far acquired land to put up a provincial office and the President would be invited in December to lay the foundation stone for the project.
Mr Chilangwa, who is Kawambwa Central member of Parliament, told President Lungu that the party in the province was ready for the 2016 general elections.
He said the task for the party was to ensure that out of the 500,000 targeted voters in the province, 400, 000 votes should go to the PF.
Mr Chilangwa called on people in the province to vote for the PF in 2016 and ensure the party’s vision to develop the country remained on course.
The President was accompanied at the function by members of his Cabinet, among them, Justice Minister Ngosa Simbwakula, Health Minister Joseph Kasonde, Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda as well as State House  Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda. -ZANIS