Saurimo - The director of the Provincial Office of Former Combatants and Veterans of the Homeland in Lunda-Sul, António Upite, said on Saturday that the local government will continue to honor this group with actions aimed at providing access to health, education and subsidizing public transportation.
The official reiterated this commitment during the ceremony of laying flowers at the bust of the Unknown Soldier, led by the local governor, Daniel Neto, as part of the celebrations of January 4, the Day of the Martyrs of Colonial Repression.
Upite added that there is a health unit in Lunda-Sul that specifically supports this class, and that the Luegi A'Nkonde Higher Polytechnic Institute provides 12 scholarships each year for the children of ex-combatants.T
The National Institute for Employment and Vocational Training (INEFOP) and the Endiama Vocational Training Center (CEFOPE) have also provided places for the children of ex-combatants.
The Day of the Martyrs of Colonial Repression is a date to pay homage to the thousands of defenseless national citizens who were massacred by the then Portuguese colonial regime in Baixa de Cassanje, Malanje province, on January 4, 1961.MG/JW/HD/AMP
