Day: December 5, 2022

Minister of Petroleum Tarek el Mollah said the extension of natural gas to homes saves up to 250 million cylinders annually and serves more than 60 million citizens.

The minister’s remarks were made during his meeting with a number of Oil Ministry officials as well as the EU and French ambassadors in Cairo to mark finalizing a project funded by the European Union and the French Development Agency (AFD) to extend natural gas to 2.3 million housing units in 20 governorates.

The project was implemented in cooperation with the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) along with supporting the implementation of an ERP system in the company.

Mollah pointed out that 60 percent of the housing units received natural gas over the past eight years.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

The World Bank (WB) on Monday hailed the Egyptian government efforts to carry out social housing projects which offer modern housing units for people with limited incomes.

This came during a meeting between Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Assem El Gazzar and a WB delegation, currently on an official visit to Egypt.

The WB delegation expressed readiness for strongly taking part in Egypt’s ambitious social housing program, which is considered one of the most successful projects, funded by the bank worldwide.

The two sides followed up progress to date in the WB-funded social housing projects.

Gazzar said that Egypt, under President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, has been paying greater attention to offering appropriate housing units for the youth and low-income people.

He pointed out that his ministry implements “Housing for All Egyptians” presidential initiative, which aims to provide all citizens affordable units in proportion to their incomes.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

With some one million youth seeking work opportunities every year, Egypt is facing a two-sided problem since it has to not only secure jobs, but also guarantee minimum wages to the new workforce, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said Sunday.

Indeed, about one million persons join the labor market annually, the president said as he inaugurated some development projects in Alexandria earlier in the day.

“We are required to secure at least three million job opportunities in three years (2022-2025),” Sisi said, adding that the minimum wage should also be observed.

He urged Egyptian families to focus on such huge figures and think how the State could possibly create jobs for their sons and daughters within the coming three years.

One million jobs! That’s not a simple figure and no country in the world, at least not Egypt, can provide it annually, Sisi said.

This won’t stop in 2025, but will rather continue through 2030, the president added, wondering if Egypt could possibly secure jobs for eight million citizens in eight years.

Sisi dismissed claims that the government is only concerned with building roads and bridges, noting this does not mean that the agriculture sector, for instance, is not given due attention.

He talked about plans to plant 250,000 feddans with wheat, noting that the goal is to increase the wheat cultivated lot in Egypt to 400,000 feddans this year and one million feddans next year.

It is possible to increase the wheat cultivated lots in the New Delta, Toshka and East Owainat, the president said, noting that this means an increase to one million feddans that would produce between 2.5 and 3 million tons of wheat.

The Egyptian government is working to upgrade all sectors, whether the communications, education, health, industry or agriculture, the president stressed.

He urged the media to shed light on achievements of the different sectors. “All the data is available on the websites of the Cabinet and the different ministries, or the website of the presidency,” Sisi said

Source: State Information Service Egypt

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Minister of Defense and Military Production General Mohamed Zaki attended on Monday the main phase of project “Fateh-5” of the tactical command centers.

The several-day military event was attended by Chief of Staff Lt. General Osama Askar and high-ranking officers.

Commander of the Northern Military Zone Major General Osama Naga highlighted the combat preparedness of the servicemen and their readiness to carry out any military tasks to defend the homeland and its stability.

Askar witnessed on Wednesday the main stage of the external command centers project “Eisar 65” conducted by formations from the Third Field Army.

He discussed with a number of commanders and officers means of implementing tasks and taking the right decisions in managing military operations.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

Egypt welcomed inking a framework agreement on the transitional period in Sudan.

In a statement by the Foreign Ministry on Monday, Egypt asserted that this agreement is an important and pivotal step to lay down the principles related to ruling structures in Sudan.

Egypt expressed full support to the agreement and its readiness to cooperate with the different parties in Sudan to reach a final agreement that achieves the aspirations of the Sudanese and promotes the Sudanese role in supporting peace and stability in the region and Africa.

Egypt urged the international community to provide all support needed for Sudan to go through this transitional phase successfully and achieve the interests of all segments of the Sudanese.

Source: State Information Service Egypt