Baghdad The Prime Minister, Muhammad Al-Sudani, discussed with the Governor of Baghdad, Muhammad Jaber Al-Atta, the lack of services and addressing of lagging projects.
Al-Sudani directed the need to develop quick plans to address the problems of providing urgent services to citizens. He stressed that those responsible for wasting public money in lagging service projects should be held accountable.
The media office of the Prime Minister stated in a statement: “Yesterday, Wednesday, Al-Sudani chaired a meeting that included the governor of Baghdad, Muhammad Jaber Al-Atta, general managers and heads of departments in the province.”
At the beginning of the meeting, the Governor of Baghdad presented a summary of the governorate’s work, the services it provides, the most important problems and obstacles facing service and investment projects, and which prevented the provision of the required services in the areas of the outskirts of Baghdad, and the most important upcoming projects that the governorate intends to implement in the areas within its responsibility.
The Prime Minister stressed the need to change the current service reality of Baghdad Governorate according to a new vision, and to prioritize according to the needs of citizens, and to focus on infrastructure projects represented by sewage projects and the provision of potable water.
He stressed the absence of any justification for the service department of Baghdad governorate for citizens to complain about the acute shortage of basic services, and directed the need to develop rapid plans to address the urgent problems of providing services to citizens.
The meeting witnessed a discussion of the lagging service projects, and the reasons for the delay, including the projects of Baghdad gates, hospitals and schools.
Al-Sudani stressed the accountability of those responsible for wasting public money in these projects, stressing: “The government is well aware of the size of the crises and problems that citizens complain about, and it has a diagnosis of defect sites, and it is determined to find remedies, according to well-studied technical plans.”
He directed the Governor of Baghdad to reconsider the financial costs of projects entrances to Baghdad through a specialized audit committee. He also directed the Ministry of Planning to settle the exchange rate difference for hospital projects in Baghdad, and consider it one of the top priorities.
He also instructed the Ministry to list the local companies that implemented sewage projects in all governorates, and were distinguished in their achievement with the support of the beneficiaries, for the purpose of inviting these companies to implement sewage projects in the province of Baghdad.
The Prime Minister’s Office directed the follow-up to the Integrity Commission, to explain the reasons for not taking legal measures based on the report of the Financial Supervision Bureau for the project to rehabilitate and develop Al-Numan Hospital, and to refer the negligent integrity employees to the investigation.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency