140 project stopped due to the financial crisis in Najaf

140 project stopped due to the financial crisis in Najaf



Najaf - News Journal

Revealed body reconstruction of Najaf on Tuesday for a stop 140 projects under implementation in the province, due to the financial crisis that has gripped the country, indicating that the remaining balance of "Najaf, the capital of culture project" was withdrawn from the prime minister after the cancellation of the project, so the completion of projects to have not completed this the moment.

The head of the Reconstruction Authority, Haider Mayali, for "Journal News", "Council of Ministers Resolution No. 347 of the year 2015 to stop the implementation of projects due to the repercussions of the financial crisis stopped on its impact on 140 projects under implementation in Najaf and the contractors they have the freedom to choose between waiting for the end of the financial crisis or termination of their contracts with the competent authorities. "

He added Mayali, "The projects stopped varied between roads maintenance and establishment of buildings and departments of service, electricity, water and sewage reached the province's debt after the cessation of projects of 80 billion Iraqi dinars," noting that "the cost of trusts private contractors up to 29 billion Iraqi dinars, while up Ajmal religious conservative contractors contractors on projects to 110-115 billion dinars. "

He explained that "the completion of the stalled projects needed to cover the full amount of 250 billion Iraqi dinars," asserting that "since the beginning of the financial crisis and the province has not received any payments from the Ministry of Finance and so I tried to maintain through local imports fund to complete some simple details and the efforts of the same circles as happened Najaf Municipality carried out a range of paving the streets of the province was also able to renovate a number of schools up to the amount that has been disbursed from the local imports on these projects up to two billion and a half billion Iraqi dinars. "

He Mayali, said that "the province also sought to obtain the donation of the implementation of some projects stalled by some non-state actors and their own efforts and in accordance with the required specifications completed projects in the educational sector of the maintenance and construction of health groups and paving the streets of schools as donation amount for these projects reached more than one billion Iraqi dinars ".

Among Mayali that "coordination with the Ministries of Finance and Planning and the Office of Financial Supervision is to audit the contractors debt to exchange their entitlements after waiting for more than 7 months."

And special project "Najaf Capital of Culture" projects, Mayali, said that "confirmed cancellation of Najaf, the capital of culture project led to the conversion projects that existed within the Najaf Capital of Culture project to the investment plan for the province projects and withdrew the remaining assets of the project, amounting to 10 billion dinars by the prime minister to be added to the balance of Baghdad, the capital of Arab culture project ".

And between, the "conservative pending resolution of the financial crisis to complete Najaf projects, capital of the stalled culture far, which is the Palace of Culture projects and project Culture Palace Hotel and the way the concrete next to the Hotel Palace of Culture", pointing out that "Najaf, the capital of culture project benefited from it to maintain substantially as the project included the establishment of more than 200 projects included most of the service sectors Kmaderiaat water, sewage, electricity, health, education, roads and bridges. "

He concluded Mayali, to say that "Najaf project budget of the capital's total culture was 550 billion dinars, 380 billion dinars, of which earmarked for the implementation of the reconstruction projects and pull them 10 billion by the prime minister after the cancellation of the project was allocated more than 150 billion operational projects that have not paid them only 2 or only 3 billion and the rest was referred to Baghdad, the capital of Arab culture project budget. "

For his part, Chairman of the Integrity Committee in the province of Najaf, Sam Zjraoa, for "Journal News", "projects carried out within Najaf, the capital of culture been affected by suspicions of administrative and financial corruption project has been the project files of corruption referred to the investigation of integrity office in Najaf."

Said Zjraoa, "The committee of the Engineers Association checked the financial cost of the project Palace of Culture and Rehabilitation Project Rawan Street and found that the money spent on projects was twice the estimated value of (speculative) for the establishment of projects that fall under the suspicion of wasting public money went fingered them to the committees formed of the project and head of the administrative unit Adnan Zurfi. "

However, saying, "The way the assignment of the project was illegal as deliberately head of the administrative unit Adnan Zurfi to refer the project to three companies directly and this is a violation, as the hotel is not exclusive to one and may not be invitations directly without having offers the best of them and choose."

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