
Maputo, 5 May (AIM) – João Casimiro, the administrator of Muidumbe district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, is threatening to cut the wages of state employees who have not returned to their workplaces after they fled as a result of extreme violence carried out by islamist terrorists.
In a meeting that the administrator held with state employees on Tuesday morning, in the Muidumbe district capital, Namacunde, according to Wednesday’s issue of the independent newsheet “Carta de Moçambique”, he instructed the human resources managers to mark absences and discount the wages of all absentees.
Casimiro believes that it is unfair to pay wages to employees who are not present – even though the employees fear the terrorist groups that have been plaguing the region.
According to official sources, at least 180 civil servants and state agents have not yet reported to their posts since 2021, but they are still receiving their wages every month.
At the same meeting, Casimiro admitted that, for security reasons, the district government is not going to open the Luanda Boarding Centre, despite the wishes of parents and guardians.
He pointed out that the district is not yet safe to accommodate pupils at the boarding school. However, parents and guardians and some pupils are clamoring for the reopening of the boarding centre, since some of them are travelling 15 kilometers to the secondary school in Luanda.
The situation is aggravated by the fact that it is the only secondary school in that region of Cabo Delgado, since Viaka Sabine, run by the Catholic Church through the Nangololo Mission in Muambula, is still abandoned.
Located in Muatide, with a capacity for 150 students of both sexes, the Luanda Boarding Centre was abandoned in 2020 following the terrorist attacks that hit Muidumbe district.
(AIM)
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