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Finance: Salaries may be funded after census holiday
11/17/2024
An informed source confirmed, today, Sunday, that the Accounting and Budget Department in the Ministry of Finance is currently working to complete the process of financing the salaries of employees in government institutions.
The source told Al Furat News Agency that “if the work is completed, salaries will be released tomorrow, but it is most likely that this will be done after the census holiday, with work continuing on Fridays and Saturdays as usual during the salary funding release periods.”
From.. Raghad LINK
Clare: Iraq census curfew begins
11/19/2024
The curfew for the population census begins in Iraq.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, Brigadier General Muqdad al-Moussawi, announced that the comprehensive curfew, as part of the general preparation process for the population and housing, will begin at midnight (12:00) on the 19th and end at midnight (12:00) on the 21st of this month.
The Supreme Security Committee for the Population Census also confirmed that the curfew will take effect at midnight on the 19th and 20th of November at 2:400, i.e. 12 midnight, and will continue until 2:400 on the 21st and 22nd of November, including the governorates of the Kurdistan Region.
It indicated that the movement of citizens, vehicles and trains will be restricted when the curfew enters into effect between governorates, districts and sub-districts, between urban and rural areas, and between sub-districts and sub-districts and vice versa, except for humanitarian cases, extreme necessity, and what is imposed by security, natural and climatic conditions. LINK
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Clare: Al-Sudani: We are living a historic day with the population census
11/20/2024
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani during his visit to the headquarters of the Ministry of Planning, the General Authority for Statistics and Geographic Information Systems to follow up on the progress of the implementation of the general population census:
We congratulate all the people on this entitlement that has been suspended for ages, and today is historic.
We are living a historic day with the population census.
Census lays the foundation for a new Iraq
Religious authorities of all religions urged participation in the census.
We have completed a modern census.
Population census is a process whose goal is purely developmental.
We thank citizens for their cooperation and urge them to continue with the meters. LINK
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Clare: Prime Minister’s Advisor: National development plans depend on census results
11/20/2024 Baghdad
The Prime Minister’s Financial Advisor, Mazhar Mohammed Saleh, confirmed today, Wednesday, that the population census data will direct government investments to improve infrastructure and services, while indicating that national development plans will depend on the census results.
The Prime Minister’s Advisor, Mazhar Mohammed Salih, said in an interview with the Iraqi News Agency, which was followed by “Al-Eqtisad News”, that “the population census represents a basic strategic tool for achieving sustainable economic growth in Iraq.”
He stressed that “the data resulting from this census will contribute to improving government administration, enhancing governance levels, as well as supporting investment and increasing the efficiency of resource use to achieve comprehensive economic development.”
Saleh pointed out that “the comprehensive population census provides many essential axes that contribute to achieving these goals, the most prominent of which are:
1. The census helps identify areas that suffer from a lack of services and infrastructure, which directs government investments to improve these sectors, as these investments include water services, roads, electricity, schools, hospitals, and banks.
2. The census provides a detailed database for drawing up effective housing policies.
3. Through detailed data on the workforce, the government can develop policies to support employment, train workers, and stimulate productive sectors to serve the national economy.
4. The comprehensive population census allows for the collection of accurate information on the population size, its geographical distribution, age groups, and educational level, in addition to its contribution to helping the government and the private sector plan better, and determine economic priorities and optimal policies within national development plans, especially the 2024-2028 development plan. LINK
