30 March 2008
Luanda — The minister of Home Affairs, Roberto Leal Monteiro "Ngongo" was instructed to mobilise all forces and means to rescue and save people who were buried in debris of the building of the National Criminal Investigation Department (DNIC).
The instruction came from the Head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, and also aims at implementing the National Civil Protection System of rescuing and saving of buried people.
This information was released on Saturday to the press by the co-ordinator of Civil Protection, Eugénio Laborinho, in light of the rescue works being carried out since the early hours of Saturday, in Luanda.
According to Eugénio Laborinho, the Head of State's instruction to the Home Affairs Ministry was carried out and there was a great gesture of solidarity, on the part of various Ministries that make up the National Civil Protection Council.
The protection system comprises, among others, the Ministries, of Home Affairs, Public Works, Health, Urbanisation and Environment and Defence.
The official stressed that due to the activation of this system, the Public Works and companies working with it, as well as the National Reconstruction Department (GRN) granted the means being used to solve this disaster.
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