Cuito – State Secretary for Energy, António Belsa da Costa is working today in Bié province to check the progress of several projects related to the sector, namely in Cuito, Chitembo, Andulo and Nharêa municipalities.
António Belsa da Costa met with the provincial governor, Pereira Alfredo, visited several social infrastructures in Chitembo and the works of Cuito municipal hospital in Cunje commune.
Antonio Costa’s schedule for today includes a visit to the Camacupa dam, as well as the sector’s infrastructures in Andulo and Nharêa districts, 130 and 175 kilometres north of the capital, respectively.
Speaking to the press, after the audience with governor Pereira Alfredo, the secretary of State acknowledged that the sector is facing a lack of financial resources to materialise projects in several regions of the country.
He appealed to the clients of the National Electricity Company (ENDE), to pay for their consumption, in order to obtain resources that will be used in favour of the population.
However, he regrets the acts of vandalism that the sector has suffered by people of bad faith, calling for denunciation in order to hold the perpetrators accountable.
Source: Angola Press News Agency