Africa-Press – Angola. During the first quarter of this year, the Government of the province of Cubango spent 12.8 billion kwanzas on the implementation of public investment projects, which served to resolve the main social problems for the benefit of the local populations.In a statement, the director of the Office of Studies, Planning and Statistics (GEPE), Elias Paganini, explained that the amount corresponds to 14 percent of the 88 billion kwanzas approved in the General State Budget (OGE) for the province of Cubango for this year.
Of the 12.8 billion kwanzas, 11.5 billion were spent on social activities, 700 million on development support expenses and 200 million on the public investment program.
Of the amount made available during the first quarter, 8.9 billion kwanzas were spent on personnel expenses. During the period under analysis, the Government of Cubango collected more than 15 million kwanzas from the State’s Local Administration Bodies, through the collection of fees in provincial offices, municipal administrations and schools.
Increase in revenue
The members of the Cubango Government who met this week recommended that the municipal administrations work on the process of increasing revenue collection levels in order to serve to resolve the main problems affecting the populations of the region.
The participants were presented with the report on the progress of the Integrated Intervention Plan for Municipalities (PIIM) which aims to improve the quality of life of the population. The programme has already benefited 56 projects with a budget estimated at 28 billion kwanzas.
Of this amount, more than 15 billion were disbursed, which were used to implement 44 projects and actions. The members also recommended the continuous monitoring of project implementation, work with the teams to prepare a dossier on the real situation of works at municipal level, and improvement of coordination and cooperation between the Municipal Administrations.The PIDLCP report for the first quarter of 2025 was also presented, adapted to the new reality, resulting from the new Political-Administrative Division (DPA) with the previous intervention axes, eligibility criteria and types of actions, aligned with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the National Development Plan (PDN 2023-2027).
The 2nd Ordinary Session of the Government recommended that the Budgetary Units pay greater attention to the deadlines for submitting PAC data, with a view to improving the quality of public expenditure execution, in order to obtain reflections that cover the impacts of the expenditure executed and the main actions developed.
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