In a statement to the press, he said that the first phase has not yet progressed because the application for the licensing of vessels is stopped at the Ministry of Fisheries.
The responsible regretted the impasse surrounding the licensing, saying that the project already has capabilities to start and "help to leverage the economy and give jobs to people, especially young people".
"We are here fulfilling the President's guidance when he spoke of the need for the national business to provide jobs to Angolans, especially young people, in order to reduce unemployment, multiply national production to avoid imports," he said.
However, he assured that this will not prevent the start of the first phase of the project. Cardoso Pereira explained that the beginning of this phase was assured by Antonieta Baptista, Minister of Fisheries, to João Lourenço when in November last year the President went on an official visit to Sumbe.
Cardoso Pereira also revealed that the minister told the PR that Wangfestao-KP was responsible for the revitalization of the fisheries sector in the province and that a total of around 1500 direct jobs and 700 indirect jobs would be created.
It is on the Minister's word that the company has been recruiting people, said the chairman of the board of Wangfestao-KP.
