Mozambique is registering 30,000 real estate properties in favour of the state – minister

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Mozambique is registering 30,000 real estate properties in favour of the state – minister

7:42 CAT | 17 Nov 2023

FILE - For illustration purposes only. State Property Administration (APIE). [File photo: O País]

The Mozambican government is registering in favour of the state around 30,000 properties identified in the survey carried out in 2022, the Minister of Economy and Finance of Mozambique, Max Tonela, said on Wednesday.

“I must clarify that during the 2022 financial year, the initial survey was carried out with a view to identifying existing state properties, corresponding to around 30,000 inventoried real estate assets, after which the registration and inventory process began with a view to regularising ownership in favour of the state,” Minister Tonela said in presenting the final report of the 2022 State General Account to parliament.

This is, Tonela explained, a “process of registration and regularisation of the legal status of real estate assets, as well as the inventory of state properties, under the terms provided for in the law”.

“Likewise, consultancy services are being contracted for the design and development of an asset management system, aiming to ensure speed in the process of identification, legalisation and regularisation of state property assets,” Tonela added.

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According to the finance minister, more than 650 state employees and agents have been trained “in matters of the State Property Management Regulations” at central and provincial level.

In the same intervention, Max Tonela stated that, in 2022, the real growth in gross domestic product (GDP) was 4.2%, “translating an improvement corresponding to 1.4 percentage points in relation to the scenario estimates medium-term fiscal plan and 1.3 percentage points in relation to the project in the Social Economic Plan and State Budget” of the same year.

He added that public investments in 2022 amounting to 72.6 billion meticais (€1,046 million) “were strategically directed to priority areas such as health, education and infrastructure,” to “meet the needs of the population efficiently and equitable”, recording “an increase of 8.1% compared to that carried out in the same period of the previous year”.

Asked about compliance with public procurement rules and procedures, after the Ministry of Economy and Finance had recently cancelled public tenders due to suspected favouritism, pledging that the government “continues to monitor actions (.. .) including supervision, training and technical assistance to state bodies and institutions as a way of mitigating inappropriate practices”.

“Regarding irregular procedures, measures are foreseen that may result in the cancellation, invalidation or suspension of the hiring process, as well as the liability of State agents or employees, in accordance with the General Statute of State Employees and Agents,” he pointed out.

“For competitors, the rules provide for the payment of fines, a ban on contracting with the State for a period that varies from one to five years, depending on the nature of the infraction,” he added.

Max Tonela also noted that, regarding the planned Electronic Public Procurement, aims to “modernise and improve the procedures and transparency of public procurement, using electronic methods, open to monitoring by the private sector and civil society”.

Source: Lusa