Government shuts down 10 inter-ministerial committees

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Government shuts down 10 inter-ministerial committees

3:08 CAT | 24 Mar 2016

Foha de Maputo (File photo) / Mouzinho Saíde, spokesman for the Cabinet and deputy minister of Health

Cabinet spokesperson Mouzinho Saide announced yesterday that the government has decided to shut down 10 of the 23 existing inter-ministerial committees currently in existence and integrate their functions in their ministries,

Speaking at the close of the cabinet meeting yesterday, the deputy health minister said: “The 10 committees, set up to improve coordination in the formulation of national policies, will be shut down to avoid duplication of effort.”

Committees on public administration, education reform, biofuels, economic relations, external economic relations, tourism facilitation and human settlements, investments and traffic are among those covered by the measure.

SADC report

The cabinet session also reviewed a report on the Southern African Development Community meeting held in Botswana capital Gaborone last week.

“The Council of Ministers considered the report of the Gaborone meeting, reflecting the organization’s overall budget of about US$78 million for fiscal year 2016,” Saide said, of which Mozambique contributes US$2 million, he added.

The government also discussed measures to mitigate the impact of the drought affecting countries in the region, and the urgency of finding more effective measures to combat poaching.

As a result of the El Nino phenomenon, Southern Africa is currently facing its worst drought in decades with southern and central regions of Mozambique particularly affected. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, hundreds of thousands of people across the region are in need of emergency food aid.

The deputy minister reported the that cabinet had also discussed the Zambian president’s recent visit to Mozambique, and examined a loan agreement between the government and the Unicredit Bank of Austria in the amount of five million euros.

Source: AIM