Missan Governor Blames Government

MISSAN / IraqiNews.com: Governor of Misan blamed the central government for not activating the contracts signed with foreign companies, because it did not send the deferred payment arrangements. Governor Ali Dawai Al-Fartousi told IraqiNews.com that “the non-activation of understanding memoranda with foreign companies that visit the province this year, including Russian and Swiss companies, was due to not sending deferred payment arrangements”. “The number of companies that visited the province reached to 20”, he added. He disclosed that the total figures of the approved projects by the local government reached to seven billion dollars. These projects cannot be implemented through the allocations of provincial developments and petro-dollar funds of 2011, which reached to 235 billion Iraqi dinars (about 200 million dollars), because these projects are strategic and need more financing. The proposed projects ranged from power generation plants, recycling project, rehabilitation of Bitaira airport, building dams and housing units, cement factory and gas separation plant. Immara, center of Misan province, lies about 390 km south the capital, Baghdad. RM (TP)/SR 545