Luanda - Approximately 3,000 young Angolans benefited from residences in public housing projects in the country, between 2020 and 2024, via the National Youth Council (CNJ), within the framework of the 20 percent quota allocated to youth.
The information was provided to ANGOP, this Sunday, by the president of the CNJ, Isaías Kalunga, within the framework of Angolan Youth Day, which is celebrated today, having highlighted that the process took place through the country's youth organizations.
Isaías Kalunga said that the delivery of the residences followed the criteria of patriotism and conditions to pay for the aforementioned houses, in accordance with the contract signed on the day they were assigned.
'Young people will continue to benefit from the houses, but they have to have an ideal profile, because we have to stop giving houses to young people who destroy public goods and are unable to pay', he added.
Isaías Kalunga denied that the main criterion for access to projects, through the CNJ, is affiliation to the ruling party, due to the fact that the houses are built with public funds and, naturally, should benefit all Angolans without detracting from party color.
'It doesn't matter what party color or organization you belong to, if you are not a patriot and do not have the means, you will not have access to any residence, we have no element of discrimination against patriots who every day think about helping others to live well ', he stressed.
He assured that they will continue to claim the 20 percent quota, in addition to the general sale to young people, in all housing projects built by the State.
He said that they are working with some businesspeople, owners of housing projects, which they intend to channel to the CNJ, which is why he called on more actors in the sector to create policies that favor youth, in order to continue to realize the dream of owning a home for young people.
He called on the Government to focus not only on building housing, but also on providing infrastructured land, so that, in this way, youth neighborhoods can emerge.
Unemployment situation in the country
Regarding unemployment, Isaías Kalunga said he is aware of the real situation in the country, but that the Executive is creating policies so that there is more employment, by attracting investments and mobilizing foreign businesspeople to create jobs for youth, the results of which have been positive.
'On the other hand, employment should not only have the State or a multinational as an alternative, but all other segments should also be valued', he said.
He said that the CNJ has helped hundreds of young people to get their first job, as well as to establish themselves in the business world, through entrepreneurship, with the creation of facilities for accessing bank credits.
Youth training
In this sense, he informed that the CNJ has been developing, since 2017, a program to support the completion of training in secondary and higher education, aimed at young people from needy families in the country, at that time benefiting 63 thousand young people, either with full payment of the scholarship , either in a shared manner.
He said that the vision is to ensure that young people can have an easier training, where “the car washer and shoe shiner”, can study and acquire professional technical training.
In this regard, he said that the organization has agreements with public and private institutions.
Young entrepreneurship
During the interview, Isaías Kalunga also spoke about entrepreneurship and considered “excellent” the work that the National Institute of Employment and Professional Training (INEFOP) has done, translated into the promotion of several courses, aimed at thousands of young people, who have launched themselves into the world of entrepreneurship.
In his opinion, mechanisms need to be created so that they have access to financing, so that the results of the initiatives are more visible. INEFOP can work with banking or financial institutions to increasingly allocate self-employment kits to recent graduates.
Message to youth
In the final part of the conversation, he addressed a message to young people, advising them not to adhere to the emigration narrative because life in the country is difficult or because someone else did. “We must emigrate to graduate and return to the country to help it grow with our knowledge, as it is with everyone that Angola will be able to develop”.
The youth leader considered the young Angolan to be patriotic, humble, serene, honest and hardworking, despite the fact that, among these, there are also those who, lacking values, take less appropriate paths to solve their problems. MGM/SJ/ART/DOJ
