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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambique\u2019s Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources, Carlos Mesquita, has told parliament that the government needs 24 billion meticais annually for the rehabilitation and paving of roads in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cAround 24 billion meticais per year is needed for road rehabilitation and asphalting, and around 11.7 billion meticais has been allocated,\u201d Mesquita told the Assembly of the Republic on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

At current exchange rates, 24 billion meticais is equivalent to around US$376 million.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. Mozambique\u2019s Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources, Carlos Mesquita, has told parliament that the government needs 24 billion meticais annually for the rehabilitation and paving of roads in the country. \u201cAround 24 billion meticais per year is needed for road rehabilitation and asphalting, and around 11.7 billion meticais has been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":15612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12,16],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-15613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"\nCountry needs 24 billion meticais a year for road asphalting and rehabilitation - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mozambique\u2019s Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources, Carlos Mesquita, has told parliament that the govern ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/country-needs-24-billion-meticais-a-year-for-road-asphalting-and-rehabilitation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Country needs 24 billion meticais a year for road asphalting and rehabilitation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mozambique\u2019s Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources, Carlos Mesquita, has told parliament that the govern ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/country-needs-24-billion-meticais-a-year-for-road-asphalting-and-rehabilitation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mozambique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-10T17:30:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/03\/img-622a2611d4016.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/country-needs-24-billion-meticais-a-year-for-road-asphalting-and-rehabilitation#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/country-needs-24-billion-meticais-a-year-for-road-asphalting-and-rehabilitation\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Country needs 24 billion meticais a year for road asphalting and rehabilitation\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-10T17:30:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/country-needs-24-billion-meticais-a-year-for-road-asphalting-and-rehabilitation\"},\"wordCount\":95,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/country-needs-24-billion-meticais-a-year-for-road-asphalting-and-rehabilitation#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/03\/img-622a2611d4016.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Mozambique\",\"Mozambique\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/country-needs-24-billion-meticais-a-year-for-road-asphalting-and-rehabilitation#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/country-needs-24-billion-meticais-a-year-for-road-asphalting-and-rehabilitation\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/country-needs-24-billion-meticais-a-year-for-road-asphalting-and-rehabilitation\",\"name\":\"Country needs 24 billion meticais a year for road asphalting and rehabilitation - 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