The Prime Minister, Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, challenges the National Institute of Tourism (INATUR) to be more and more creative and interventive in order to respond to the challenges that the tourism area is facing.
Speaking yesterday in Maputo, Carlos do Rosário recognized that the country has a very diversified tourist potential that goes from the existence of numerous beaches, parks and national reserves, fauna and forest richness, as well as cultural and gastronomic diversity.
It is taking into account this reality and its multiplying effect on the economy that the Government elected the tourism sector as one of the priority areas of its governmental action.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the director-general of INATUR, Marco Vaz dos Anjos, and two other staff members for the Secretary of
State of Professional Technical Education and General Inspection of Labor, Carlos Agostinho do Rosário said that the restrictive measures taken to contain the spread of Covid-19 have had a negative impact on the activity of the tourism sector in the country.
According to the ruler, the ongoing measures aimed at controlling the spread of the pandemic, in particular vaccination, will contribute to a gradual recovery of tourism activity in Mozambique.
“The newly sworn-in should ensure the involvement and participation of each of the stakeholders of the tourism sector, both public and private, to continue to boost the development of this sector,” he appealed.
According to the Prime Minister, teamwork, communication and permanent dialogue are recommended for the success of the activity.
It must also ensure a careful and transparent management of material resources, assets and finances, as well as implement measures that contribute to the prevention and fight against corruption.
Assissa Nazurdine, permanent secretary of the Secretariat of State for Technical and Professional Education, and Leonilde Furquia, assistant inspector-general of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, were sworn in yesterday.
To the new Inspector General of Labor, Carlos Agostinho do Rosário recommended to focus efforts in the defense of basic values of human dignity in the workplace, making respect for the fundamental principles and rights.
“The constant transformations that are taking place in the labor market can cause disputes or violations of the labor legislation and other legal instruments regarding the protection of employment and work,” he stressed.
In this context, he recommended the newly-appointed Prime Minister to do her best so that the Labor Inspectorate continues to defend the rights of workers and the strict observance of the labor legislation in force in the country.
In addition, the Prime Minister recommended that it contributes to ensure the observance of conditions of hygiene, health and safety at work, in order to reduce the risk of accidents and occupational diseases.
“We recommend the permanent secretary of the State Secretariat of Technical and Vocational Education to privilege, in the performance of his functions, the articulation and coordination between the several areas of the institution, including the subordinated and tutored ones”, advanced the PM.
