The Angolan government on Wednesday approved a presidential decree establishing a new organic statute for the National Authority for Economic Inspection and Food Safety (ANIESA), granting it exclusive competence over economic inspections, alongside a separate decree dissolving the national consumer protection institute.
The decree was assessed during the sixth ordinary session of Angola’s Council of Ministers, chaired by President and head of the executive, João Lourenço.
Under the new statute, ANIESA assumes exclusive authority over the supervision of economic activities in Angola, ‘without prejudice to the inspection powers assigned by law to other regulatory bodies,’ according to an official communiqué.
With the new framework in place, municipal enforcement services will redirect their activities towards civic matters, including street vending, construction site inspections, and public parking enforcement, and will no longer hold competencies over economic activity or food safety oversight.
The Council of Ministers also approved a presidential decree dissolving the National Institute for Consumer Defence (INADEC), transferring to ANIESA the management, supervision, and oversight of the Complaints Book, in both physical and electronic formats.
A further decree was examined that amends the organic regulations of the Criminal Investigation Service (SIC), removing its powers of inspection and oversight of economic activity, in line with the broader reform of Angola’s economic inspection system.
At the close of the session, the Secretary to the President of the Republic for State Reform, Pedro Fiete, explained that these legislative instruments form part of a legislative package designed to implement the reform approved in 2025.
According to Fiete, the reform allows ANIESA to reclaim competencies that had been progressively transferred to other entities over time.
‘With this refounding process, ANIESA reassumes its original competencies, which were previously dispersed across other structures that competed with it. It is thus reaffirmed that the National Authority for Inspection and Food Safety assumes exclusive competence for conducting inspections of business premises,’ Fiete stated.
Fiete added that the reorganisation also entails a restructuring of ANIESA itself, which will henceforth maintain executive representation only at the provincial level.
During the same session, the Council of Ministers also reviewed the budget execution report for the second quarter of 2026, which showed revenues of 9.3 billion euros collected against expenditures of 9.7 billion euros.
Source: Diário Económico
Original article: https://www.diarioeconomico.co.mz/2026/07/30/mundo/angola/angola-aniesa-passa-a-ter-competencia-exclusiva-para-inspeccoes-economicas/
