Prioritize “human resources” in Education, Health Centres: Bishop in Angola to Government

According to him, hiring local staff will “provide employment for local young people, avoiding the frustration of migrating to urban centers.”

Natives, Bishop Lasarte explained, are best placed because they know the language and the cultures of the indigenous people.

“The positive element for employing local staff is their knowledge of the mother tongue,” the SDB Bishop said, and described native languages as “a valuable heritage” for Angolans.

He continued, “Having teachers who know the local languages as well as teaching local languages would be a great asset, stimulating the promotion of our cultural heritage, (and) avoiding the paradigms of new colonization.”

Having natives in institutions of learning and in health facilities, the Catholic Bishop said, “would really bring about development, which is why this debate on the institutionalization of local authorities is of capital importance.

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He explained, “Local governments have the greatest decision-making power on some issues and do not simply follow orders from Luanda, from the Central Government, which requires continuous adaptation to the places where we find ourselves.”

João Vissesse is an Angolan Journalist with a passion and rich experience in Catholic Church Communication and Media Apostolate.