Mozambique: President wants an end to “inferior revenues” from mining sector

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The Mozambican president said on Monday that the state should not accept continuing to receive “inferior revenues” from the mining of resources and criticised the lack of basic services in areas where megaprojects are being exploited.

“We shouldn’t continue to have communities in large project areas always clamouring for quality schools and health centres or other living conditions. Our passage through Tete, Palma [Cabo Delgado] and Inhambane shows this reality. Nor should we accept that the Mozambican state receives lower revenues for resources that are its sovereignty,” said Daniel Chapo during the inauguration of the executive leader of the Office for the Coordination of Reforms and Strategic Projects( GCRPE), João Osvaldo Machatine.