Prime Minister Mohamed Shiaa Al-Sudani confirmed today, Saturday, that the five-year development plan (2024-2028) took into account the improvement of services in all fields and directed commitment to them, pointing out that the plan aims to achieve infrastructure and clean energy projects, the development road, the port of FAO, the network of roads, bridges, residential and industrial cities, modern agriculture and others.
A statement by the Prime Minister’s Information Office said that “the Prime Minister launched the five-year national development plan (2024-2028), during the ceremony held today, Saturday, by the Ministry of Planning in cooperation with Iraq’s development partners.”
In a speech during the ceremony, Al-Sudani congratulated “the efforts of the Ministry of Planning, ministries and its supporting bodies, and international partners, indicating that the five-year development plan was approved by the Council of Ministers, recognizing the importance of the country having a development plan with achievable paths and goals,” stressing “the importance of adhering to the objectives of the plan; being the way to change the lives of Iraqis for the better.”
Al-Sudani pointed out that “Iraq has witnessed a development secession since the eighties of the last century due to wars, siege and confronting terrorism, which caused gaps in all sectors,” stressing “working to restore the wheel of development and fill those gaps, and that the new plan is in line with the objectives set by the government, and facing internal or external challenges.”
He explained that “the plan set a space to achieve good governance, appropriate mechanisms to fight corruption and adopt the principles of transparency, and took into account the priorities of improving services in all fields, by accelerating the implementation of projects under construction, and moving towards new development and service projects.”
He continued: “We started with a series of strategic projects to develop the oil and gas sector, stop waste in it, rely on our capabilities and projects to secure oil derivatives instead of import, and we went to projects that are consistent with the Vision for Sustainable Development 2030, including infrastructure projects, clean energy, development road, FAO port, road network, bridges, residential and industrial cities, modern agriculture and others.”
He stated: “We emphasize the role of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and local governments in the provinces in achieving integration with the plans of the government program, and working in one format for the general interest of the state,” noting that “the five-year development plan includes paths with economic dimensions based on the philosophy of economic diversification.”
He pointed out that “the Iraq Fund for Development aims to create an integrated investment environment in the country,” adding: “We gave the private sector sovereign guarantees for the establishment of industrial and agricultural projects, which will provide it with a wide space commensurate with its development role.”
He stressed: “We are working to reform the banking and financial sector, automate all economic and service activities, govern government and service work, and we have started to automate work at border crossings, and shift towards electronic payment in all market and commercial transactions.”
He explained: “The five-year development plan adopts the comprehensive digital transformation, the adoption of electronic systems in all aspects of life, and that proper planning needs accurate and sound data and indicators, and this is achieved by the general population and housing census, which is scheduled to be held on November 20,” he explained.
Al-Sudani stressed that: “The government is making exceptional efforts to implement the census, which was long delayed, and the Ministry of Planning and the supporting authorities have completed all the necessary preparations to implement it, and we hope that the Iraqi families contribute to the success of the census and make the correct data.”
He stressed that: “The goal of the census is developmental, through which we seek to address the negatives in all fields, and we call on all state institutions to cooperate with the Ministry of Planning to ensure the success of the census project.”
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