11 December 2008
Luanda — Angolan Prime Minister, António Paulo Kassoma, Thursday here said that the newly-open Supply and Logistic Centre (CLOD) will contribute to the improvement of the supply system to the population.
"It is also a promoting and stimulating element of the local production", said the Angolan Premier, who along with the speaker of National Assembly, chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and other officials, attended CLOD inauguration, presided over by the Head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos.
Inaugurated in the ambit of the Programme of Restructuring of Logistic and Supply System of Essential Products to the Population (PRESILD), CLOD will employ 250 people in a 24-hour service and its construction cost USD 30 million.
In her turn, the minister of Trade, Fátima Valente, told journalists that with the functioning of this centre, "there will be betterment in the supply of locally-made products".
The minister of Agriculture, Afonso Pedro Canga, considered that it has a great importance because it will directly benefit the farmers at a time that works have been done aiming the increase of production of agricultural products.
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