Ammon ـــــ Prime Minister Dr. Omar al-Razzaz met on Tuesday with the chairman and members of the Greater Irbid Municipal Council, the local councils, the provincial council and economic and civil associations. The meeting was attended by Minister of Local Administration Waleed Al-Masri, Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship Muthana Gharaibeh, . 

Al-Razzaz from Irbid Mayor Eng. Hussain Bani Hani talked about a number of projects that have been completed and their aspirations to implement a package of vital projects that are important in service, development and investment. 

The prime minister stressed the municipality's legacy, including the largest municipality of Irbid, which is considered one of the oldest and largest municipalities in the Kingdom. It was founded in 1881, pointing out that the municipalities are national and community institutions that contributed to the renaissance witnessed by Jordan in all fields and at various levels. 

"We are able, through our qualified human resources, to enter the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution," said Al-Razzaz. "Irbid is a pioneer in the three-dimensional industry based on the investment of programming and tremendous technological progress, which will transform it from a source of agriculture and food into the world of industrialization. Because of the scarcity of water resources on which agriculture relies, we are encouraged to be more optimistic about the ability to translate the concept of self-reliance into innovative solutions based on the efficiency of our human resources. " "The achievements achieved by the Greater Irbid Municipality on more than one level and its future aspirations to implement a package of development projects make us talk about a road map for the integration of roles in the production of a comprehensive and sustainable development in which the partnership between the public and private sectors is growing as municipal projects are national projects with positive effects at the national level. "He said. Al-Razzaz announced that the size of the capital support directed to the municipalities will witness a remarkable increase in 2020 along with providing facilities for grants and loans that will be reflected on the overall work of the municipality especially in the developmental and investment aspects so that the developmental impact will be more noticeable and reflected in the level of local development. 

The Prime Minister pledged that the government will do everything in its power to support the vital development projects of Irbid Municipality in accordance with its vision to produce a qualitative and productive investment that will reflect its effects on Irbid and the homeland. He pointed out that some of these projects will be supported by the government. To the provision of donors. 

Al-Razzaz pointed out that the allocations of the project of the Culture Square Tunnel and the accompanying traffic solutions parallel to the budget 2020 and is in the process of issuing tender documents after the completion of all the technical studies related to it integrated with the other traffic solutions to come in Irbid, especially the urban transport project, which will form Irbid and Jerash Baccarat.

He pointed out that the treatment of water losses is a priority in the treatment of the water situation in the north, pointing out that the stakeholders were directed at the Yarmouk Water Company to take the best ways to stop the bleeding of water and the ongoing work to improve the process of the role in the distribution of water to citizens, Than before. 

In turn, the minister of the local administration, the size of the support received by municipalities in the past five years, and reached 600 million dinars contributed to reduce its debt from 230 million dinars to 80 million dinars and reduced its deficit from 460 million dinars to 180 million dinars in return for a decline in the proportion of salaries to revenues to 44 percent and increase Professional staff from 10% to 30% in addition to cooperating with them within the framework of solid waste management strategy. 

Al-Masri explained that the ministry plans to cooperate with the municipalities to reach them in 2021 to electronic municipalities, pointing out that it now offers about 60 electronic services. The mayor reviewed the most prominent achievements during the past six years related to the development of infrastructure services, modernization of the fleet of mechanisms and development of electronic services and work to archive paper stocks in addition to lighting services, energy and recreational services, cultural and waste management, as well as search for the best ways to develop its development and investment services and strengthen partnerships with the sector The private. 

Bani Hani pointed to the most ambitious projects being implemented, namely the development of the city center, the central and regional fruit and vegetable market, a slaughterhouse for meat and poultry and a parallel market for display and sale, in addition to transport, roads, traffic and science projects. 

MP Nidal al-Ta'ani called on the government to work on rehabilitating the existing road running from the center of Beit Ras and establishing a public park to serve residents of the northern areas of Irbid on a plot of land for this purpose and to build an alternative building for the rented health center. A health center and a high school in Beit Ras. 

He called for the establishment of an educational hospital affiliated with Yarmouk University on a piece of land owned by the university and the establishment of an additional floor for the building of outpatients at Princess Basma Hospital and increase the allocation of agricultural roads. 

The MP Dr. Mustafa Al-Khasawneh to the implementation of an item in the law of municipalities currently in force to allocate 50 percent of the revenues of local councils for projects for their own areas, while MP Majid Qweism enforcement of a previous government decision to exempt small farmers from the benefits of loans less than ten thousand dinars, Stumbling in the completion of the northern Jordan Valley. 

He called for supporting the establishment of small projects for rural women, as confirmed by MP Istisr Hijazi. 

He called on Fawaz al-Zu'bi to open the Ramtha crossing to serve the agricultural and industrial export and to find the allocations for the ring road to Irbid from the east, while the Chairman of the Council of the province of Irbid, Dr. Omar, the interview to the most important challenges in the sectors of health and education. 

The head of the Irbid Chamber of Industry, Hani Abu Hassan, pointed out that the export index of the province of Irbid and its growth increased by 6 to 9 percent during the last two years and the first half of this year. 

He called for supporting the industrial sector to maintain and increase the growth rate by simplifying procedures related to the laws and regulations governing investment and encouraging local industry and localization. 

A number of members of the Municipal Council presented their views on the development of the level of services provided to the total citizens and highlighted obstacles to the performance of municipalities and local councils.

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