The balance of the Economic and Social Plan and State Budget for 2024, for the first half of the year, reveals that the Basic Social Subsidy Programme, led by the National Institute for Social Action (INAS), paid out only 3.4% of the amount mobilised for its respective beneficiaries (the elderly, those with chronic or degenerative diseases, children between the ages of zero and two who are malnourished and families headed by children or with orphaned and vulnerable children).
According to the document released a few days ago by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), quoted this Friday, 23 August, by Carta de Moçambique, between 1 January and 30 June, the government mobilised an amount of 4.7 billion meticals for the Basic Subsidy Programme, but only 161.7 million meticals were paid out.
In the city of Maputo, for example, 90.8 million meticals were scheduled to be paid, but only 10.5 million meticals were paid, corresponding to 11.56 per cent, one of the three highest execution rates for this expenditure.
The other highest rate was paid in the district of Machanga, Sofala province, where 11 million meticals were disbursed, out of 84.8 million. In the district of Chibuto, in Gaza province, 13,854 meticals were disbursed, out of 115,266, the equivalent of 12.02 per cent.
From 1 January to 30 June, the government mobilised 4.7 billion meticals for the Basic Subsidy Programme, but only 161.7 million meticals were paid out
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According to the balance of the Economic and Social Plan and State Budget for 2024, for the months of January to June, cities like Pemba (Cabo Delgado), Beira (Sofala), Gurué (Zambézia) and Matola (Maputo province) and towns like Mocímboa da Praia (Cabo Delgado) and Chicualacuala (Gaza) did not receive any money from INAS to assist the country’s neediest families.
The document gives no reason for this situation. It should be noted that INAS has not channelled the subsidies to its beneficiaries for more than 18 months, allegedly due to a lack of funds. The Basic Social Subsidy Programme covers 639,636 households, of which 403,668 are headed by women and the rest by men.
