Clare: Prime Minister: The government is moving forward with the growth of the oil and gas sectors
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani discussed today, Sunday, with Oil Minister Hayan Abdul-Ghani al-Sawad the government’s previous plans for the growth of the oil and gas sectors.
The Prime Minister’s Media Office stated in a statement, a copy of which was received by NRT Arabic, that “Al-Sudani received today the Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul-Ghani Al-Sawad, in the presence of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Oil for Distribution Affairs.”
He added that “Al-Sudani referred, during the meeting, to the government’s previous plans for the growth of the oil and gas sectors, and the development of their projects within the government program, through the licensing rounds in which contracts were signed to invest in many oil and gas fields, in addition to investing in associated gas projects, and oil derivatives production projects.”
Regarding cooperation with the OPEC Plus group, the meeting emphasized “the importance of partnership with oil-producing countries, with the aim of maintaining the stability and balance of global oil markets, and Iraq’s commitment to what was agreed upon within the group, including voluntary cuts and compensation for the increase in production, according to the updated schedule submitted by the Ministry of Oil to OPEC.”
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Clare: The regional government to its employees: Whoever does not have a biometric code will have his salary stopped by the federal finances
The Ministry of Finance and Economy in the Kurdistan Regional Government called on Sunday, employees and workers in the public sector to rush to register in the biometric system before the twentieth of next November, warning them that the Federal Ministry of Finance will stop the salary of anyone who does not have a biometric code.
The ministry said in a statement today that based on the agreements and understandings concluded between the Ministry of Finance and Economy in the Kurdistan Region and the Ministry of Finance in the federal government regarding the issue of resolving technical problems related to the payroll of Kurdistan Regional Government employees, the following must be done:
First: All employees, retirees, people with special needs, and heirs of martyrs who have not registered themselves in the biometric system must register before the date (11/20/2024).
Second: The decision to register in the biometric system includes all employees and salary recipients who are abroad for various reasons, or on unpaid leave, study, etc.
Third: Every employee or person receiving a salary in the Kurdistan Regional Government who does not have a biometric code until the date (11/20/2024) will have his salary stopped by the Ministry of Finance in the federal government, and he will bear responsibility for that.
