Various economic documents, including the Steel Mining Project Restructuring Programme of Kassinga were considered on Thursday’s joint meeting of the Economic and Real Economy Commissions of the Cabinet.

The ordinary meeting, held under the guidance of the Angolan President, José Eduardo dos Santos, included in the working agenda Iron programme in Cuando Cubango in Cuchi region.

Other highlights of the 9th ordinary joint session of the Economic and Real Economy Commission of the Cabinet Council are the meat production programme and the Presidential Decree Bill on the drafting instructions of the State Budget for 2017.

The Economic Commission of the Cabinet Council has the responsibility to deal with the macro-economic agenda of the Executive and ensure the conducting of macro-economic management in line with the objectives and economic priorities of the President’s Governance Programme.

However, the Commission for the Real Economy of the Cabinet Council is the technical support body to the Head of Executive Power in the formulation, implementation and conducting of policy for boosting the manufacturing sector.

This commission is also tasked to ensure the management of the production and businesses boosting, in line with the objectives and priorities of the productive sector, set out in the President’s Governance Programme.

Source: ANGOP