The Assembly of the Republic's Planning and Budget Committee (CPO) defends the need to enhance the areas where natural resources are extracted in order to create the conditions for their development, ensuring that these resources do not become a curse, but rather a blessing.

The chairman of the commission, António Niquice, speaking moments after Tuesday's working visit to Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH), referred to the need to make an additional effort so that when liquefied natural gas is exploited, this resource can be used to boost the country's industrialization process.

ʺWe had the opportunity to see that ENH has been doing its best, including with its different subsidiaries in the process of industrializing the country, said the MP, for whom it was important to understand what the challenges and prospects of that public company are.

In this regard, the CPO president urged ENH managers to capitalize on the area of staff training so that more young people can benefit from and participate in the country's industrialization process, which requires advanced technology and technically refined knowledge.

ʺTherefore, we make a positive assessment in the sense that national staff at ENH are making a valuable contribution so that this industry, which is very structural, can serve the interests of Mozambicans, said Niquice, adding that improving the business environment could lead to the emergence of more companies and the consequent creation of more jobs.