The Mozambican Minister of Labor and Social Security said today in parliament that the Social Security administrators are being heard, as part of an inspection of the subsidies that the managers have attributed to themselves, causing criticism in various quarters.
Margarida Talapa was speaking in response to a question from the parliamentary bench of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM), third party, on the sustainability of the start-up subsidies that the new board of directors of the National Social Security Institute (INSS) approved in favor of its members.
"We ordered an extraordinary and urgent inspection to be carried out and on the 29th [November] we received the preliminary report, which is at the INSS, for the contradictory", declared Talapa.
That government official assured that the results of the investigations will be made public.
Regarding the situation, Margarida Talapa said that INSS resources must be managed with rigor and transparency, because they belong to taxpayers and workers.
"Nothing justifies taxpayers' resources being misused," she added.
Responding to another question about the INSS investment portfolio, the Minister of Labor and Social Security stated that the entity has investments in term bank accounts, shares in companies, real estate, as well as bonds and treasury bills.
The case of subsidies that the INSS administrators approved in their favor was denounced by the weekly Canal de Moçambique and involved 20 million meticais (280 thousand euros).
The board of directors justified the award as corresponding to 75% of the assigned vehicle price to which the institution's new directors are entitled.
The controversy arises after several scandals involving the entity that manages contributions, pensions and social benefits for Mozambicans.
Among the most recent cases, in 2020, former director-general Baptista Machaieie was sentenced to eight years in prison and the payment of compensation to the State in the amount of 64 million meticais (about 1.2 million euros) for the cause. of an aircraft purchase business with INSS money.
In 2019, former Labor Minister Helena Taipo (in office between 2005 and 2015) was arrested on suspicion of receiving 100 million meticais (1.4 million euros) in bribes in 2014 in return for favoring construction companies civil and graphic sector in contracts with the INSS.
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