• Man of the People: President Edgar Lungu greets supporters at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International airport in Ndola yesterday.Picture by Eddie Mwanaleza

By DAVID KANDUZA –
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has warned his attackers that his stance to not hit back at people behind the persistent chorus of accusations of corruption against him is not a sign of weakness.
Mr Lungu said he was quite capable of hitting back at his attackers to the point where it all over for them but was holding back to give them a chance to look inside themselves over the wrongs they had done society.
The President was speaking at the Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in Ndola yesterday when he arrive to begin a two-day working visit on the Copperbelt where he was welcomed by a large crowd of people.
President Lungu said some of his most ardent critics making unfounded allegations him and his Cabinet needed to reflect on their own conduct and to ask for forgiveness.
“Let each one take introspection and find out the people he wronged and ask for forgiveness,” Mr Lungu said.
He said his decision to not fight back at antagonistic attacks did not mean he was incapable of defending himself and Cabinet, warning it would take little to silence his accusers once and for all.
He asked Zambians to be adopt a prayerful attitude ahead of the National Day of Prayers on October 18.
President  Lungu yesterday become the first sitting President to visit senior  Chief Nkana’s Palace of the Lamba-speaking people on the Copperbelt.
Senior Chief Nkana disclosed this when President Lungu paid a courtesy call at the palace, saying this showed the president’s commitment to working with the chiefs in the country, irrespective of their tribes.
The traditional leader said he was happy that Mr Lungu had fulfilled his campaign promises of working with traditional leaders as this had boosted investor  confidence.
Chief Nkana said the construction of a secondary school and the health facility by Kagem Mines was as a result of good leadership that had been demonstrated by President Lungu.
He said the mining firm which operated in the area had donated a school and a health facility to the community.
President Lungu thanked the chief for working with investors as seen by the investment that Kagem Mining were ploughing into the community through its corporate social responsibility.
The President later commissioned the Nkana Health Centre and Chapula secondary school which had been upgraded and handed over to government, by Kagem at a cost of K20 million
The President was accompanied by some Cabinet ministers and Government officials.