Africa-Press – Angola. A total of 175,291 ex-soldiers across the country have already been covered by the process of socio-productive reintegration, started in 1992, within the scope of the peace agreements in Angola.
This process began in 1992, when Angola was still immersed in a civil war that ended in 2002.
Its goal was to reintegrate 241,400 former combatants licensed under the Bicesse, Lusaka, Luena and Namibe peace agreements.
Speaking at the end of the process of reintegration of former soldiers in Benguela province, the Secretary of State for Social Action, Lúcio Gonçalves Amaral, made it known that until 2017 they were reintegrated and registered in the Management Information System (SIG) 160 thousand and 863 ex-soldiers, of the 241 thousand and 400 foreseen.
In addition, of the 80 thousand and 537 former soldiers, who were yet to be reinstated in the period 2018-2022, up to the present date, 14 thousand and 428 citizens have been covered, making a total of 175 thousand and 291 already covered.
As there was a need to speed up the completion of the process, the Secretary of State referred to the re-registration of the remaining herds and their purification carried out through the GIS.
According to the person in charge, this made it possible to determine only 5,749 former soldiers to be reinstated.
The official included the socio-productive reintegration of former soldiers among the priority tasks of the Angolan Executive, with a view to strengthening peace, national cohesion and consolidating the democratic process in the country.
PR supports reintegration of former soldiers
Lúcio Gonçalves Amaral highlighted how the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, has been concerned with the protection and dignity of ex-soldiers, having made 604 tractors and their agricultural implements available for this purpose.
For the Secretary of State, these means have allowed the productive inclusion of former soldiers and, in this way, increase the productive capacity of agricultural cooperatives, constituted by this target group.
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