Transport Minister of Angola in Alacrity to Modify and Contemporize the Transport and Logistic System in Luanda

By Abdul Rahman Bangura –

Ricardo de Abreu, Angolan Minister of Transports
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NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS ( NABN ) Freetown, Sierra Leonne- Ricardo de Abreu, Angolan Minister of Transports on March 06th, 2020 in Luanda brought up as a preference of the transport sector to be restructured and be recondition. Chattering in the alcove of the conference on “The impact of ethic, sustainability, and compliance in Angola’s transport sector”, Ricardo de Abreu noted that, his institution must be committed in alliance with the other ministries.

“When we talk about the topic’s alignment related to our government, we understand that for the economy diversification and the assurance of the macro economy stability happening in the transport sector, is one of the segments in which the country will count on, that is why there is a need for synergies”, the Minister noted.

Considering the railway subsector, the Angolan minister underscored that, it is prevailing in merger the prototype that shall authorize the glamour and participation of the private sector, looking on the general involvement already hauled out in the infrastructural midpoints.

Nonetheless, the air subsector it is in progress; the practical regulation and security throughout the country with the creation of the regulatory institutes with ANAC, ANIPAA, SGA and ENNA are working in tandem to expedite the system.

TAAG, which is the State National Air Transport Company – the minister demanded the goal of making over it as a saleable institution peeling off the restrictions to its huger credibility and sustainability, in a bod to entice private enterprises.

The maritime sector, the primacy is to boost the institutional ability and multidisciplinary coordination in the light of the international paradigm shift seizing advantages the more, in the maritime and marine sector as well as the construction and rehabilitation of infrastructure support.

The boulevard subsector is in commission with the regional parliaments, the mobility and local transport plans contributing to the increase o the public transport fleet underway as well as the structural reforms in transport and goods.

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