Thursday, February 10, 2011

Maliki instructs the distribution of three servings of food supplies to poor families


February 10, 2011

Maliki instructs the distribution of three servings of food supplies to poor families

Alsumaria News / Baghdad

Announced that the prime minister, Thursday, to concede the distribution of three servings of food supplies to poor families and two classes for the rest of the families, noting that Iraq will receive 190 thousand tons of sugar soon.

The office of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in a statement released today, and received "Alsumaria News," a copy of it, that "the latter directed to distribute three servings food to poor families and two classes for the rest of the families," noting that "the government is seeking to secure the ration card items of food for all citizens the global origins of the best to fill the shortfall in it. " The statement noted that "has been contracted to import 190 thousand tons of sugar for distribution to citizens during the next two weeks within the ration card items".

The statement said the "Forward-Maliki said while chairing a meeting in his office included both the Minister of Trade and agency Ruz Nuri Shaways and Agents of the Ministry and the Director General of the General Company for Grain Trade and general manager of food and the Governor of Baghdad and a number of heads of Iraqi companies equipped with the Ministry of Commerce."

Al-Maliki declared, last Sunday, the Cabinet decided to grant each individual $ 15 thousand Iraqi dinars in compensation for the lack of ration card.

And suffer the ration card items in Iraq, which is distributed to most of the population since the imposition of economic embargo on Iraq in 1991 from the delay in the distribution process as well as poor quality, sparking protests in many popular recently. The Finance Committee in the Iraqi parliament announced that, beginning this February, to agree with the President of Parliament and Minister of Finance to re-draft general budget bill to the government to make some new amendments to it, as revealed for a proposal by the Speaker of Parliament, serving entrusted with the responsibility of the ration card local government and provincial councils , instead of the Ministry of Commerce.

Article (94 IV) of the Iraqi constitution, that the Commission monitor the economic and investment contracts for the import of the ration and ensure the flow and distribution process. It is noteworthy that the majority of Iraqis depend for their food on what Itzdon him through the ration card, and that since the start of the international embargo on Iraq in 1991 and include the ration per person, rice, flour, vegetable oil, sugar, tea, washing powder, soap, and powdered milk (for adults), and powdered milk (for children), and legumes, beans and lentils and chickpeas, with an estimated value of these materials per capita in the local market at about $ 10, not counting children's milk, while obtained through the ration card $ 500 dinars.

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