
Candidato Presidencial da Frelimo, Daniel Chapo em campanha eleitoral
Maua (Mozambique), 22 Sep (AIM) – Daniel Chapo, the presidential candidate of Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo Party, on Saturday expressed concern at the low level of development of the northernmost province of Niassa, and promised that, if elected, he will bring development to this part of the country.
Similar promises have been made to the people of Niassa in every general election campaign. Niassa is the largest province in Mozambique, but it is also thinly populated, with very poor transport links to the rest of the country.
Chapo declared that the time has come to stimulate the economy of Niassa, and the main challenge is to build new roads in the province. Speaking in the district of Marrupa, Chapo promised to build roads from Cuamba to Marrupa and from Marrupa to Mecula.
He wanted to encourage Niassa agriculture, and create jobs, particularly for young people. “We shall bring investment to Marrupa”, he pledged. “We shall bring farms which will create jobs and increase production”.
“We shall work to build a district hospital in Marrupa”, he added, “so that we avoid having to send patients to Cuamba. We are also aware that we need to increase the supply of drinking water”.
Chapo also promised to tackle the conflict between people and wild life. He noted that buffalos sometimes leave the Niassa National Reserve, the largest conservation area in the country, and invade peasant farms. “We shall sit down with the Reserve management and find solutions”, he said.
On Sunday, Chapo promised to electrify the district of Mecanhelas, and build a new district hospital there. New roads would be built, he added, to reduce the district’s dependence on neighbouring Malawi. As has become habitual, he did not say how much his proposals would cost, or where the money would come from.
He boasted of his experience as a district administrator and a provincial governor. The other three candidates, he accused, had never run so much as a village shop.
Delivering power to any of them, Chapo claimed, would be equivalent to entrusting bus with all its passengers to a driver who did not possess a driving licence.
“Only Frelimo knows and can solve the problems of the Mozambican people”, Chapo claimed.
(AIM)
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