President Daniel Chapo has made decentralization a lever for the equitable redistribution of resources, redirecting the proceeds from territorial reform toward priority sectors: education, health, and social protection. In a country where regional inequalities remain glaring, this approach aims to bring decision-making closer to citizens and ensure more inclusive development.
From his inauguration on January 15, 2025, Daniel Chapo announced a sweeping state reform, including the reduction of the number of ministries, the abolition of deputy minister positions, and the restructuring of provincial secretaries of state.
The latter are now assigned exclusive functions of oversight, monitoring, and evaluation, while executive tasks are entrusted to Provincial Executive Councils led by elected governors. This reorganization eliminates redundancies and conflicts of authority between governors and secretaries of state, enabling greater administrative efficiency and substantial savings.
The resources freed up by this streamlining are being reallocated to priority social sectors. The 2026 state budget, approved in October 2025, emphasizes investment in social infrastructure, particularly education and health, in line with the Government’s Five-Year Program 2025–2029. This direction responds to popular expectations, in a context where growth projections have been revised downward and the budget deficit remains high.
Decentralization is also part of the Inclusive National Political Dialogue, launched in September 2025, which aims to pacify the country and deepen the decentralized governance model. The report of the Reflection Commission on the Decentralized Governance Model (CREMOD); the result of two years of national consultations will be examined within this framework.
For Daniel Chapo, « decentralized governance must be a lever that stimulates initiatives from provinces, municipalities, districts, localities, and communities to realize our strategic vision of the country’s economic independence. » This vision translates into a commitment to effective and transparent local administration, grounded in ongoing dialogue and the strengthening of local capacities.
Thus, through decentralization, Daniel Chapo is laying the foundations for a more equitable redistribution of resources, reducing regional inequalities and improving access to essential services for the most vulnerable Mozambicans.
