12 July 2009
M'banza Congo — The deputy minister of Urbanisation and Housing, Joaquim Silvestre, expressed on Friday in M'banza Congo city concern at the technical quality of houses being built under the "Angola Youth" programme.
In the northern Zaire province since Thursday, the official is part of a government commission being led by the deputy minister of Youth and Sports, Yaba Pedro Alberto, which for two days will assess the programme of works part of the referred programme.
The commission observed a poor technical quality in the implementation of the works and instructed the contractor to verify the defects and meet the contract deadline.
The social ward project, with eight houses of the T2 type, conceived for youths of M'banza Kongo city, started nine months ago and is being built in the Kiremos locality, 15 kilometres south of M'banza Congo city, provincial capital, and will also include a community centre.
He explained that the technical defects are based on the non-existence of plumbing and electricity systems in the houses and in the community centre, besides other aspects that might create difficulties for future beneficiaries of this housing project.
Concerning this issue, the deputy minister of Urbanisation and Housing praised the commitment of the three cooperatives that received micro-credits, under the "Youth Credit" project.
The visited cooperatives, with about 30 youths, received credits through the Savings and Credit Bank (BPC) and are specialised in official trade, carpentry and blacksmithing.
A total of 72 social houses are being built for the younger age groups of the districts of Nzeto, M'banza Congo and Soyo. Each of the districts has one community centre.
The visiting delegation, which also comprises staff of both sectors, travelled on Friday to Soyo city with the same purpose and to inspect the area where 1,200 social houses shall be built under the housing programme of the Angolan government.
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