Malanje- The 10th Forum of Municipalities and Cities of Angola (FMCA) recommended on Saturday a strengthened administrative and financial decentralization process to enable municipal administrations to conduct governmental actions and manage financial resources at local level.
For this purpose, the Ministry of Territorial Administration (MAT) will conduct a broad assessment of this process, looking at the actions carried out so far to define the necessary measures to continue reinforcing this action, the incumbent minister, Dionísio da Fonseca has said.
The minister underlined that the forum assessed various ongoing programs, with emphasis on the Integrated Plan for Intervention in Municipalities (PIIM), Combating Poverty, Kwenda, as well as some initiatives linked to the process of granting land rights, which made valuable contributions to its progress.
According to the minister, granting of land rights remains a problem that exists at the governance level, in terms of definition and harmonization of the price charged by the authorities for surface rights and precarious occupation, which the Forum called for as a methodology that proposes the harmonization of land price.
The minister stressed that municipal administrators presented important contributions regarding the base price that must be adopted to calculate the final value of land, and also some criteria for classifying land to be granted to citizens.
Administrative Political Division
Dionísio da Fonseca announced the entry into force of the country's new administrative political division, starting next year, and that the new provinces and municipalities will be part of the proposal for the 2025 State Budget (OGE).
“We will ensure that the work we will do with provincial governments, municipal administrations and the Ministry of Finance to include financial resources is a fact for the operation of the new locations,” the minister said.
Angola will have 326 municipalities and 21 provinces from 2025, the minister said, underlining that everything cannot be done in just one year, but it will be a continuous and permanent process of bringing public services closer to the population, and guaranteeing greater control of the national territory, borders and mineral resources.
PIIM and Combating Poverty
Angola has more than 1,200 projects under the Integrated Plan for Intervention in Municipalities (PIIM) already completed, and more than 500 with a level of execution between 70 and 100 percent, it is expected that by the end of this year.
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