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Mozambique: Providing water means promoting social justice – Nyusi | AIM
9:35 CAT | 04 Nov 2019
The President announced that in the coming days he will be inaugurating other water supply systems across the country. [Photo: Presidente Filipe Nyusi @NyusiConfioemti]
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi pledged on Saturday in the northern port city of Nacala that the government will continue to build facilities that will provide the public with abundant good quality drinking water.
He was speaking at a rally he addressed after inaugurating the Faita Water Distribution Centre, which provides water to Nacala and the surrounding area
“Investment in water resource facilities and management is a priority for our government”, said Nyusi. “Resources, in this case water, must be made available to accompany the growth of Nacala city. Our government regards water supply as one of the people’s main rights, and a factor in poverty alleviation”.
Ensuring access to water means promoting social justice, he told the crowd. “It’s another way of promoting social justice for everybody”, he said. “Access to water does not only prevent diseases, but it promotes socio-economic development and stimulates production”.
Building water supply infrastructures is part of implementation of the government’s five year programme, continued Nyusi. “Our people are ceasing to walk long distances to fetch water. These gains are contributing to stimulate production, to create wealth, and to generate a balanced and inclusive environment, favouring living together in an environment of peace and harmony”.
The President announced that in the coming days he will be inaugurating other water supply systems across the country.
The Faita Water Distribution Centre cost 7.4 million US dollars, financed jointly by the Mozambican government and the World Bank.
With the inauguration of this new facility, at least 145,000 out of the 288,000 inhabitants of Nacala now have access to clean drinking water.
The water distribution system has been operational for several week. It produces 16,020 cubic metres of water a day, pumped through a distribution network that runs for 225 kilometres. The system provides water for at least18 hours a day throughout the city.
In all there are 7,500 home connections to the system, and 96 public standpipes in the peripheral neighbourhoods of Nacala.
Source: AIM
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