Trade announces launch of automation of ration cards in Baghdad next Tuesday
Mawazine News – Baghdad
The Ministry of Trade announced the launch of the ration card automation project in Baghdad next Tuesday, to be followed by the governorates of the Kurdistan Region, noting that the project will complete the procedures for 32 million Iraqi citizens in the coming few days. The
ministry’s spokesman, Mohammed Hanoun, said in an interview followed by “Mawazine News”: “The ministry had previously launched the automation project in the governorates of Wasit and Salah al-Din as a first step, and these governorates are achieving advanced rates of completion and are close to completion. After that, we launched the project in 4 governorates: Maysan,
Diwaniyah, Anbar and Diyala. The project is witnessing a great turnout from citizens, and approximately 180-230 thousand people complete the automation of their cards daily.”
He added, “The ministry will launch the automation project in Baghdad Governorate next Tuesday, after we completed the project in 6 governorates with 8 and a half million citizens. Now we are heading to launch it in Baghdad and we expect to reach the completion of the automation of 32 million citizens in the coming few days.”
He added, “After a week or two in Baghdad Governorate, we will launch the project in the governorates of the Kurdistan Region, and there is cooperation with the regional government in this matter, and after the governorates of the region, it will be launched in Basra, Dhi Qar and Muthanna,” noting that “the ministry aspires to complete the automation project in all cities of Iraq by next June if no technical problems arise that require extending the period.”
