Reduce hunger vulnerability to a minimum – PM on INGC’s mission

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Reduce hunger vulnerability to a minimum – PM on INGC’s mission

2:06 CAT | 31 Jan 2020

Photo: Notícias

Mozambique’s Prime Minister yesterday challenged the National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) to work to reduce the population’s vulnerability to hunger generated by the natural disasters which cyclically affect the country.

Carlos Agostinho do Rosário yesterday swore into office Luísa Meque and Gabriel Monteiro, as general director and deputy general director of the INGC, respectively.

On the occasion, the prime minister stressed that, in addition to reducing the exposure of communities to hunger, it was important to work on adapting the functioning and structuring of the institution to respond swiftly and efficiently to the challenges arising from the increasing frequency and magnitude of the natural disasters afflicting the country.

The prime minister reminded the INGC Board that more than 70 percent of Mozambicans lived in rural areas and got their main source of livelihood from natural resources. He said the government was doing everything it could to ensure that natural resources exploitation was becoming more sustainable, taking climate change into account.

Other recommendations to the institution’s new management were continuing to map risk areas and improve the early warning systems, so as to avoid communities being surprised by extreme events.

The prime minister also called for consolidation the National Emergency Operative Centre (CENOE) and the National Civil Protection Unit l (UNAPROC), to better enable them to rise to challenges.

Carlos Agostinho do Rosário also swore into office yesterday Estêvão Pale as chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Hydrocarbon Company (ENH), the state’s commercial representative in the hydrocarbon business, especially natural gas.

The government required the ENH chairman to see that the implementation of natural gas projects took place according to the schedules approved in the development plans.

“We also recommend the chairman prioritise the financial closing of ENH’s participation in the different gas exploration projects and thus ensure the maximisation of the expected gains for the country,” the prime minister said.

Speaking to journalists after taking office as director general of the INGC, Luísa Meque said that she would focus on prevention interventions, since she believed this was the best way to reduce the impacts of disasters.

In turn, Estêvão Pale chose to prioritise structural and organisational training in the institution that he now leads, so that it could live up to the challenges and expectations of public and use the country’s natural resources for socioeconomic development.

Source: Notícias