Africa-Press – Cape verde. The president of the São Filipe City Council, Nuías Silva, said today that the 12 thousand contos made available by the Government to repair the damage caused by the rains in the municipality is “manifestly insufficient” and appealed for institutional solidarity.
São Filipe: Funds announced to restore normality throughout the municipality are clearly insufficient – Nuías Silva
According to Inforpress, the mayor, speaking to journalists about the meeting he held this afternoon with the President of the Republic, José Maria Neves, said that although the Government has declared a calamity situation in the municipalities of São Filipe and Santa Catarina, it is necessary 105 thousand contos to restore normality.
The Mayor assured that the Government had the opportunity to verify “in situ” the damage caused by the water upon receiving the report requesting the amount, however, it went ahead, totaling the execution of the municipality and the company Estradas de Cabo Verde, the amount transferred was 35 % below, with a direct impact on the city council’s ultimate objective of restoring normality on the island.
“But I want to believe that there are, in addition to the Emergency Fund, other funds that can be mobilized through partnership with the Government, namely the Road Fund, the Environment Fund to help São Filipe restore roads like Albarca to full normality, Afonso Gil, Galinheiro Baixo road, Nossa Senhora da Luz ” he said, warning that several roads were left out of the budget.
As highlighted, Inforpress continues, investments are necessary as they present high social and economic power for families because, he highlighted, there is talk of localities that foresee abundant production with the fall of the last rains which, unfortunately, are conditioned in the time.
Nuías Silva said that the city council has maintained several contacts with institutions in the hope of obtaining more investments and responding to requests from citizens, among them, he highlighted the diaspora in the United States of America who were willing to support children and the sector of sport.
“ But during this one-day stop in Praia, we have already been in contact with the ECOWAS ambassador, we have already had contact with the Russian embassy, Luxembourg Cooperation and we are now going to have a meeting with the resident coordinator of the United Nations,” he said, adding that the The aim is to consciously explain the island’s situation and demand solidarity from institutions.
“For us, what matters are people, creating the conditions so that São Filipenses from Campanas de Baixo to Saltos, passing through the Monte Largo area to Campanas Cima, to have the necessary and sufficient conditions to carry out their activities with the normality with which they exercised them before ,” he said, highlighting that the island was affected by rains in the months of July, August and September.
According to this newspaper’s source, it said that investments were made, using “ extraordinary investments ” from other projects, to clean the areas “ which is practically completed ” and replace the protective walls and access to the localities.
Nuías Silva also highlighted that it is essential to “ restore normality in a preventive sense ” by making “good use” of the funds so that the next rains do not cause the same amount of damage, emphasizing the responsibility of the city council in guaranteeing accessibility to the inhabitants, says the Inforpress.
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