President on the first 100 days of governance: We kept going despite the adversities | Mozambique

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President on the first 100 days of governance: We kept going despite the adversities | Mozambique

3:17 CAT | 29 Apr 2020

Photo: O País

Life in Mozambique has not stopped, despite the adversities that marked the first 100 days of governance, according to the assessment presented on Monday by the President of the Republic. According to Filipe Nyusi, work remains the key to the successful implementation of the programmes designed by his Government to develop Mozambique and ensure the well-being of Mozambicans.

While admitting that the first 100 days of governance took place in a “completely abnormal” space, the Head of State recognises that it was a decisive period for the repositioning of human and material resources, reasons why he promises that his Government will not let adversities hinder the execution of the national development agenda, namely the implementation of the Government’s Five-Year Plan 2020/2024 and the Economic and Social Plan defined for this year.

“The first 100 days of governance took place in an initially favourable macroeconomic environment, but the advent of Covid-19 presented challenges. This shows that we have to have imagination, be innovative and be determined to grow. During this period, prices of goods such as gas, aluminium and oil fell by 30, 9.1 and 14 percent respectively. Governance was characterised by terrorist attacks in Cabo Delgado and the centre of the country, which seek to undermine national sovereignty and limit the free movement of the economy, with an impact on the collection of revenue,” the Head of State detailed.

For Filipe Nyusi, though aware that the time elapsed until now is relatively short and that the country is experiencing difficult days, it is in the interest of the Government to use this opportunity to clarify its vision and perspectives.

“We remain firm and focused on the national agenda, which is to implement the Government’s Five-Year Plan, and to reinforce our determination to adapt our vision and underline our perspectives. With our heads held high, we want to move forward,” the Head of State said, highlighting his Executive’s interest in being inspired by the gains of cyclical stabilisation to continue its efforts to eliminate the inflationary spiral which, he noted, stood at 26.5 per cent in November 2016.

Filipe Nyusi highlighted, among other achievements over the course of the 100 days, the maintenance of the pace of the implementation of the process of Demobilisation, Demilitarisation and Reintegration of Renamo’s residual forces (DDR), highlighting the contribution of the latter party in the materialisation of the project.

Of the other achievements of the first 100 days, the President of the Republic highlighted, among other areas of intervention, the consolidation of political dialogue and national unity through the pursuit of the national peace agenda; the provision of basic social services; the promotion of jobs and productivity, namely the creation of 48,323 jobs; the financing of the rice value chain by around 500 million meticais, among other similar actions; the creation of development support infrastructures; the conclusion of the installation of democratic and decentralised governance bodies, and the approval of the corresponding supporting legislation.

“Although social distancing has conditioned the completion of some actions, in the first 100 days of governance we made things happen. The logic of our strategic line derives from a combination of instruments available to the Government, and in part to resorting to foreign aid and other measures which substantiate the medium and long term vision. In this set of measures, the multi-sectoral plan for responding to the Covid-19 situation, in the context of the state of emergency, has a budget of 48 billion meticais, of which 27 billion is intended to help the most vulnerable segments of the population and micro-businesses,” the President said.

Looking forward, the Head of State promised that the Government would continue to invest in the modernisation and mechanisation of agriculture, in order to achieve an increase in the productivity of family farming, with the emphasis on allocating 10 percent of the budget to the agriculture sector.

Source: Noticias