Africa-Press – Angola. The lack of administrative structures and the precarious state of some access roads were the concerns expressed on Saturday, in Lubango, Huíla province, by municipal administrators to the Minister of Territory Administration, Dionísio da Fonseca, within the scope of the Municipalities Fair and Cities of Angola (FMCA).
These were hearings granted to the municipal administrators of Mavinga, Nancova, Dirico (Cuando Cubango), Quilenda, Porto Amboim, Amboim and Libolo (Cuanza Sul), Kiwaba Nzoji, Quela, Mucari and Marimba (Malanje), Luchazes, Alto Zambeze, Luau and Luacano (Moxico), Lucapa and Xá Muteba (Lunda Norte) and Puri, Alto Cauale, Songo and Mucaba (Uíge).
After leaving the hearings, the administrators were satisfied with the opportunity to present, in the first person, the concerns of their localities.
The municipal administrator of Songo, Maurício Pascoal, said that they are faced with the degradation of the access roads to the village of the municipality, as well as in the interior, which is why they need earthworks of 300 kilometres.
The administrator of Alto Cauale, Teresa Pinto, said that the lack of energy, water and the state of access roads, which are still precarious, are the main difficulties of the municipality, which is why she presented the minister with the need to connect the municipality by asphalt. the commune of Bengo, over a distance of 42 km, as well as with the province of Malanje, over a distance of 25 km.
The administrator of Luchazes, Quintas Sempieca, stressed that he was concerned, in addition to the roads, with a project to build administrative infrastructures, part of the Integrated Plan for Intervention in Municipalities, a work of central scope consigned in 2020, but which still it didn’t start.
Administrator of Alto Zambeze, Ismael Keshipoco, said that the municipality has difficulties in accessing the communes, most of which are precarious, with the nearest commune 74 kilometers from the headquarters and the rest more than 100 kilometers away.
He advanced that there is a certain lack of operationality in the local administration, as four out of six communal administrations lack administrative infrastructure.
The administrator, Filomena Miza, from Luau, stressed that 75 percent of the population is young and of these, more than 50 percent have no jobs, despite the fact that, in the context of combating poverty, they have been promoting training in various areas and distributing self-care kits. -employment, but it is not enough, as they do not have the business strength for this purpose.
Therefore, Suzana Prata, administrator of Puri, are faced with non-compliance with the completion of two PIIM schools by contractors a year and six months ago.
In response, the national director of the State’s Local Administration, Cassongo João da Cruz, stressed that these are municipalities in provinces that border each other and with neighboring countries, so the assessment of their socio-economic impact was evaluated.
He declared that one of the focal elements was the PIIM, which shows positive results, but works have stopped, requiring greater monitoring and later the minister will visit the locations to guide the work as it should be.
He explained that the administrations were pleased to hear from the FMCA to expose the difficulties they have, especially in their social works and beyond, and such as the fulfillment of some administrative tasks.
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