Lubango – A total of 1,000 former combatants and veterans of the Fatherland, out of the 3,312 controlled by the Guardianship Office, in Huíla, benefited, over the weekend, from the collective public transport subsidy card, locally known as “GiraMais.”
These are passes delivered by the National Integrated Ticketing Company (ENBI), under the Ministry of Transport, with the aim of helping the target group get around free of charge.
Speaking to the press, on the sidelines of the delivery of the “GiraMais” cards, one of the disabled beneficiaries, Firmino Pinto Tchiquete, praised the local government's action in resolving one of the main issue the group is experiencing.
In turn, the director of the provincial office of Former Combatants and Veterans of the Fatherland, Verónica Rito, stated that the cards constitute an added value to those assisted, at a time when they face difficulties in traveling.
He mentioned that the achievement of this aim is the consequence of an agreement initialed, in 2023, with ENBI, to facilitate urban mobility for pensioners.
“The idea is that all former combatants have GiraMais cards and, in this way, prevent them from being exposed to risks when they walk a lot”, she said.
In the same vein, ENBI's southern regional director, Octávio João, stated that the activity is the culmination of a process that is underway at national level, which aims to meet the mobility needs of this fringe.
He said that, at this time, more than 966 registrations had been issued, whose passes will be delivered within days.
Since the implementation of GiraMais card delivery in Huíla, two thousand cards have already been delivered to I cycle students enrolled in 96 schools in Lubango and 2 in Humpata.
The National Integrated Ticketing Company is part of the Public Business sector and is dedicated to the implementation and management of the National Integrated Ticketing System for Social and Regular Passes for collective public passenger transport. JT/MS/CF/DOJ
