Khartoum Governor leads intensive efforts in neighborhoods to check on citizens’ conditions, identify service needs

Continuing efforts led by Khartoum State to check on the conditions of citizens living under the yoke of terrorist militias, following the declaration of Khartoum as rebel-free, the Governor of Khartoum, Professor Ahmed Osman Hamza, visited the citizens of the Al-Jereif West area in the presence of Al-Tayeb Saad El-Din, Director General of the Ministry of Culture, Information, and Tourism; Mohamed Ahmed Al-Haj, Acting Secretary-General of the State Government; and Abdel Moneim Al-Bashir, Executive Director of the Khartoum Locality.
The Governor met with the citizens and listened to their demands and the problems facing the area, which include the provision of drinking water, electricity, education, health, humanitarian aid, and security.
The governor emphasized that the most important priorities of his state government are the issues of citizens who remained steadfast throughout the previous period of the Battle of Dignity and did not leave, as well as those who have recently returned, and the state’s efforts to provide them.
He said the state is currently working according to a health plan to restore operations in hospitals and health centers, operate Nile water stations and wells with solar energy, maintain and rehabilitate schools to resume their duties at the beginning of the new school year, and operate police stations and community police to maintain security.
He thanked the people of Al-Jereif abroad for their efforts to provide services to their people. He said that all state agencies in Khartoum locality and all localities have begun working to gradually restore services, based on available resources and support from the federal government.
The executive director of Khartoum locality promised that the locality will work with its agencies and through administrative units to support and provide basic services.
During the visit, the governor and his accompanying delegation inspected a number of service facilities, starting with the underground well station that supplies the region and is powered by solar energy thanks to popular efforts.
The governor also inspected the Al-Jereif water supply, which had been vandalized by the theft of cables and drums.
He directed that it be cleaned and its needs met in preparation for its operation in the coming days.

In the Al-Qouz and New Hilla areas, the governor of Khartoum met with citizens at the Al-Qouz Mosque, which has continued to provide support for water, electricity, and medical services with the help of residents living abroad. They noted the difficulty of obtaining services destroyed by the rebel militia, in addition to supporting the lodges that provide food.

The executive director of the Khartoum locality praised the people of Al-Qouz and New Hilla for their steadfastness throughout the war, until they were evacuated from the area to the Al-Shajara area.
He commended the armed forces for achieving victories and ensuring the return of citizens to their homes, noting the efforts made to provide services during the next phase. The Governor of Khartoum praised the steadfastness of the citizens despite the violations, displacement, looting of property, rape and harassment until the state was liberated. He said that with determination and resolve the state is working to restore services and begin the reconstruction of service institutions in preparation for the return of citizens.
He said that after the war, the responsibility has increased and the situation in the state requires concerted efforts according to long-, short- and long-term plans to restore water services from the Nile stations and wells and to work to restore electricity and health facilities.