The Minister of Public Works and Housing, Carlos Santos, revealed, yesterday, in Luanda, that new centralities could be built, starting next year, in the provinces of Zaire, Cuanza Norte, Malanje, Moxico and Cuando Cubango
Speaking to the press, on the sidelines of the V ordinary meeting of the MPLA Central Committee, which analyzed, among other issues, the quality of infrastructure, the minister informed that Zaire will have two centralities in the cities of Mbanza Congo and Soyo, with 1500 homes each.
Likewise, according to Angop, Moxico will benefit from a centrality with 3 thousand houses, Malanje 2500, Cuanza Norte 2 thousand, while Malanje and Cuando Cubando 1500 each. On the occasion, the government official lamented the lack of payment of rent due by some apartment owners in central areas, justifying that this situation has created constraints on the sector he manages.
He stated that the Executive will continue to encourage self-construction in Luanda and the other provinces of the country, with the concession of infrastructured land, with a view to contributing to reducing the housing deficit. For 2024, the minister highlighted the rehabilitation of the roads that connect Moçâmedes and Virey (Namibe) and Uige to Buengas, as well as the respective bridges, as priorities in his portfolio.
He recalled that around 600 kilometers of road have already been rehabilitated between Malanje and Saurimo (Lunda Sul), Catete/Maria Teresa (Cuanza Norte) and the duplication of Estrada Nacional (EN) No. 100, with repairs of the section that connects the North and South Lundas.