Africa-Press – Angola. The impact of local tax revenues on the creation of basic social services for the benefit of the population was highlighted this Friday in Soyo, province of Zaire, by the local administrator, José Mendes Belo.
Speaking at the seminar promoted by the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, which addressed the topic of “the transfer of competences to local administrations, the manager praised this policy of the Angolan Executive.
In the view of the municipal administrator, the transfer of competences to local administrations is returning power to local bodies of state administration.
He mentioned, as an example, that as an oil producer, Soyo receives from the Treasury’s Single Account part of the revenues produced by companies in the sector that operate in the locality.
He explained that the amount, unspecified, has been used for social projects for the benefit of residents, with emphasis on the requalification of sidewalks, curbs, rainwater drainage ditches, public lighting, replacement of gardens and other actions.
He said it was a bet, to expand the volume of local revenue, the supervision and ordering of commercial activity, cataloging those companies that may constitute more sources of revenue.
The municipality of Soyo is subdivided into five communes, namely Sumba, Quelo, Pedra do Feitiço, Mangue Grande and Sede, and has an estimated population of over 230,000 inhabitants.
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