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Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi said on Monday that he wants a country with a modern and efficient public administration in the development of the economy, calling for civil servants to be more “active” in improving the business environment.
“Mozambique must continue to position itself as a state with a modern and efficient public administration in the development of the national economy,” said Filipe Nyusi, addressing the state officials with whom he met on Monday as part of International Public Service Day, which was celebrated on Sunday, 23 June.
The Head of State acknowledged that decentralisation continues to be one of the biggest challenges in the process of consolidating the democratic rule of law in Mozambique, calling on state secretariats, provincial and district governments to be “pioneers in this change”.
Nyusi said that the government has been investing in the professionalisation of state agents, improving the legal framework of the civil service and training in matters of decentralisation and administration, with the aim of providing the public with a “better servant” who is guided by “upright conduct”.
“Our aim is to facilitate access to public services in order to attract national and foreign investors, increase business competitiveness, improve the business environment and stimulate the creation of jobs for young people who need them so much,” said the Mozambican President, promising to “continue to invest in creating better conditions” for civil servants.
“We recognise above all the conditions in which state employees and agents carry out their duties. We are aware of the conditions of nurses and teachers,” he added.
Mozambican teachers and health workers have pointed to the regularisation of the framework of the Single Salary Scale and improvements in working conditions as the main challenges in the civil service, and both classes have organised strikes in recent months.
The application of the new salary scale in the civil service has been strongly contested by various professional classes, such as doctors and teachers, with a record of salary delays and cuts, including in the security forces.
Approved in 2022 to eliminate asymmetries and keep the state wage bill under control, its inception caused salaries to skyrocket by around 36%, from an expenditure of 11.6 billion meticais/month (€169 million/month) to 15.8 billion meticais/month (€231 million/month).
The Single Salary Scale cost around 28.5 billion meticais (€410 million), “more than expected”, according to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) document on the evaluation of Mozambique’s assistance programme consulted by Lusa in January this year.
On Sunday’s #PublicServiceDay, @antonioguterres calls for greater support for public servants everywhere.
“Let’s work shoulder-to-shoulder with these champions of service to build a healthier, more prosperous and equal world for all people.”https://t.co/LlE8WaN5PH pic.twitter.com/13vrEm8gv5
— United Nations (@UN) June 23, 2024
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