The General Company of Ports approved on Tuesday the appointment of some of its officials to their children and relatives in the company after the issue raised a wave of popular discontent, justifying that the number is small, while a deputy from Basra, his intention to submit the file of appointments in the company to integrity.

The company said in a statement received Alsumaria News, a copy of it, "Some want to abuse our company through the ancient comments on some of the names of the sons of employees who do not exceed the number of fingers," indicating that "if we compare the number (ie number of relatives appointed) we find less than 0.5 % Of applicants, and if the proportion (corruption) in this amount as some claim, we thank God and thank him.

The company said in its statement that "the recipients of the appointment were chosen by a committee headed by the assistant director general and includes qualified members, and no income of the ministry in this nomination," adding that "with regard to the sister of the Minister of Transport (her name appeared in the lists of appointees in the company) She is the sister of five martyrs, Martyr Sheikh Abdul Warth ".

"The number of those who have been appointed is 200 out of 18,850, and the percentage of those who have been recruited from the sons of the martyrs is the highest," she said, adding that "there is an opportunity to appoint another 500 applicants in ports during the coming period."

For his part, said the deputy of the province of Basra and the jihadist of the Brigades of the martyrs Sayyed Faleh al-Khazali in an interview with Alsumaria News, "The file of appointments in the port company decided to refer him to the Integrity Commission to investigate," adding that "the information in our possession indicates the appointment of 21 people in the company, Controls ".

During the past few hours, citizens have been angered by the lists of recently appointed citizens at the General Ports Company. The lists revealed that the company's officials had appointed their sons and relatives. The sister of Transport Minister Kazem al-Hamami was also included in the lists.

It is noteworthy that the General Company for Ports manages and operates five commercial ports, the oldest of which is the port of the stronghold near the city center, and the other ports is the port of Umm Qasr, which was established in 1965. The Ministry of Transport in 2010 divided into two ports south and north each with its own management, Ships carrying imported materials are usually received for the Ministry of Commerce . In 1989, the construction of the port of Khor al-Zubayr , a second-generation port, was completed. In 1976, the Abu Flus port was built on the West Bank of Shatt al-Arab in Abu al-Khasib district.