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Angola: Benguela - Minister Stresses Transports Sector Importance to Economy
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Angola Press Agency (Luanda)
24 July 2008
Posted to the web 24 July 2008
Lobito
Infrastructures recovery and modernisation, acquisition of equipment linked to roads, railways, and air transports constitute the basis to boost the country's economic development, said last Wednesday in Lobito City, in the central Benguela Province, the Transports minister, Augusto da Silva Tomás.
The government official spoke to the press during his visit to Benguela Railways, Lobito Port and the Port's Authorities, as well as the airports of Benguela and Catumbela districts.
Augusto Tomás guaranteed that the transports area is a priority of the government's investments, due to the contribution for the fast economic growth and the populations' well-being.
The minister expressed his satisfaction at the reconstruction projects execution of the railway lines of Luanda, Lobito corridor, Namibe and the modernisation and expanding of Lobito Port, as well as the airports of Catumbela and Benguela districts.
He believes that by the end of this year, some of these projects will be considerably ahead, mainly the rehabilitation of the railways of Luanda, Benguela and Namibe.
"We have to believe that the country has achieved levels in which every Angolan should be proud of what is being carried out, meanwhile we have to contribute with our knowledge in order to create a prosperous nation", he reminded by paraphrasing President José Eduardo dos Santos.
This visit is a sequence of the minister's programme, which started last April, and it aims at assessing the reality of each economic unit.
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After Benguela Province, the transports minister will work on Friday in Soyo City, in the northern provinces of Zaire and Cabinda.
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