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Abadi instructs to address the problem of workers payment in state-owned enterprises
2/5/2015
Shafaq News / Prime Minister ,Haider al-Abadi has instructed to solve all the problems of the state-owned companies, and the payment of workers there. This came during a meeting with delegation from officials of Wasit province in the presence of Finance Minister , Hoshyar Zebari, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office. The statement said that Al-Abadi discussed with the delegation the problems of the state-owned enterprises, stressing the desire of the government to address these problems and adopt a comprehensive plan to turn them into successful projects. The statement added that al-Abadi addressed the problem of delay in the payment of workers in the coming days and present it to the Council of Ministers. Dozens of workers in those companies and different provinces have gone out on demonstrations over the past few days to pay their monthly salaries that rely on self-financing. Some of those companies complain that the government ministries and institutions don’t buy their products and prefer foreign products, attributed the reason to the existence of financial corruption and officials get a financial benefit to contract with foreign companies. It is worth mentioning that observers contend the decline of industry sector in Iraq since 2003, due to a glut of cheap price products and lack of quality control in this area.
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2/5/2015
Shafaq News / Prime Minister ,Haider al-Abadi has instructed to solve all the problems of the state-owned companies, and the payment of workers there. This came during a meeting with delegation from officials of Wasit province in the presence of Finance Minister , Hoshyar Zebari, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office. The statement said that Al-Abadi discussed with the delegation the problems of the state-owned enterprises, stressing the desire of the government to address these problems and adopt a comprehensive plan to turn them into successful projects. The statement added that al-Abadi addressed the problem of delay in the payment of workers in the coming days and present it to the Council of Ministers. Dozens of workers in those companies and different provinces have gone out on demonstrations over the past few days to pay their monthly salaries that rely on self-financing. Some of those companies complain that the government ministries and institutions don’t buy their products and prefer foreign products, attributed the reason to the existence of financial corruption and officials get a financial benefit to contract with foreign companies. It is worth mentioning that observers contend the decline of industry sector in Iraq since 2003, due to a glut of cheap price products and lack of quality control in this area.
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