Zambezi Police Regional Commander Commissioner Julia Sakuwa-Neo held her maiden engagement with the business sector on Tuesday.
The meeting was aimed at information sharing in order to find solutions to ongoing crime that targets their businesses.
Meanwhile, the committee has commended several ongoing development projects in the Zambezi Region, describing them as evidence that public funds are being put to good use.
During its oversight visit, the committee inspected projects in the education, agriculture and local government sectors.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Budget and Finance says delays in the release of government funds are slowing the implementation of development projects in the Zambezi Region.
The Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) has donated livestock feed to farmers in the Zambezi Region.
The N$500,000 worth of animal feed will support livestock farmers who were previously affected by floods, which led to the loss of animals in the floodplain constituencies of the region.
The Zambezi region will continue to lag behind in development if resources continue to be allocated using the same formula as the rest of the country.
The Governor of the Zambezi Region, Dorothy Kabula, has highlighted several challenges facing the region, with delays in key road projects topping the list.
The Zambezi Governor, Dorothy Kabula, is concerned about delays in the implementation of the One Stop Border Post initiative as well as unresolved operation challenges at the Kalimbeza Rice Project.
These projects hold economic potential for the country at large and the people of the region.
Isuswa Junior Primary School in the Katima Mulilo rural constituency is one of the many under-developed schools in the Zambezi Region.
For over 39 years, the school functioned with limited basic resources.
The Zambezi Education Directorate has received a donation of chairs and desks from the Namibia Fish Consumption and Promotion Trust (NFCPT).
The Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy, Modestus Amutse, informed the National Assembly that the ministry will continue to assign geoscientists to monitor the progress of exploration activities in the Zambezi Region.
