AQABA — The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Local
Administration Tawfiq Krishan on Saturday inspected the municipalities of the
Aqaba Governorate, as part of a series of field visits to municipalities across
the Kingdom.
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Krishan told
Jordan News that the visits come in
implementation of the Royal directives for follow-up and communication with citizens
on the ground, in order to find solutions to the challenges facing the Kingdom's
municipalities
The deputy prime minister stressed the importance of
municipalities in community service as the building blocks of democracy, in
addition to their political and developmental role.
During the visit, which
included the municipalities of Al-Quwaira, Al-Disi, Rahma, Qatar, Wadi Araba,
Qariqa, and Finan Krishan, said that the main problem facing municipalities is
random construction outside the boundaries of local governments and the resulting
shortage of necessary services such as electricity, roads, and water.
Minister Krishan also met with the Chairman of the Board of
Commissioners of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) Nayef
Bakheet, where he discussed the most important challenges facing Aqaba’s
regulatory work and the delivery of services to those who live outside the city’s
boundaries.
Krishan also met with the mayors of Al-Quwaira, Rahma,
Qariqa, Fenan, and members of their councils, and provided financial support.
With regard to the problems of regulation, he stressed that
the ministry is preparing a comprehensive plan for all regions of the Kingdom,
which will have a major role in solving problems related to regulation and
encroachment on agricultural land, which has begun to shrink recently at the
expense of urbanization and industrial facilities.
Krishan stressed the importance of not fragmenting land
ownership at the expense of other sectors.
He pointed out that solving the
problem of unemployment needs to be participatory through replacing expatriate
workers with local workers, especially in the municipalities, adding that work
will be done to appoint national workers from the governorates, provided that
they have work experience.
The heads of the municipalities’ committees were also
included in the minister’s tour, where he called for their support for
construction projects, the establishment of gardens and parks, the maintenance
and expansion of municipal buildings, and the use of solar panels on municipal
buildings to save money.
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