Sayyid Al-Hakeem Calls to Keep Security, Service, Economic Files Under Control, Strengthen Cooperation Among Kirkuk’s Components

From the governorate of diversity and brotherhood, dear Kirkuk, His Eminence Sayyid Al-Hakeem, Head of the National State Powers’ Alliance, begins a tour of the governorate by meeting the Governor, Mr. Mohammed Samaan Agha, the Governor’s Deputy, Mr. Rebwar Taha, the Chairman of the Governorate Council, Mr. Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Hafidh, and a number of council members.
H.E. also met with the heads of administrative units and directors of government departments in Kirkuk Governorate, commending the governorate’s diversity and the cooperation among its components, regarding this as a source of support and strength for the governorate, pointing to Kirkuk’s development indicators and poverty rate, which reveal the scale of the work that has been done for the governorate, congratulating them on Iraqi Sovereignty Day and National Day, and affirming that Iraq today relies on itself, having overcome its crises.
H.E. called for good performance and keeping matters under control in security, services, economic, and social terms, rejecting any return to previous stages, and stressing unity, cohesion, societal peace, and joint cooperation among the components and in the services provided to citizens.
H.E. explained that the role of state departments protects the political system and strengthens national unity and is not limited to services alone, stressing the importance of making development and coexistence tangible in citizens’ daily lives, and pointing to the state of war in the region and the direct economic damage Iraq has suffered from it.
H.E. explained that in the previous phase the government focused on paying salaries and the dues of farmers and contractors in order to get the economy moving, make use of the land, provide job opportunities and food and social security, and reactivate service projects, expressing hope that the regional crisis will end soon since it affects the global economy, and deeming a settlement of this crisis likely to come soon.
H.E. explained that the upcoming budget has allocated five trillion for regional development, explaining that this amount will move projects forward and sustain the momentum of reconstruction, and commending all the efforts made in preserving stability in Iraq and the economic, social, and political achievements realized, as well as the steps that laid the groundwork for addressing the problem of weapons outside the framework of the state.