Jaber reviews Gezira State’s preparations for currency replacement

Member of the Sovereignty Council, Assistant Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant General Ibrahim Jaber Ibrahim, reviewed the overall situation in Gezira State and the state government’s arrangements for the currency replacement process during the coming period, as well as the measures taken by the state to ensure the success of the summer agricultural season.
During a meeting with the Governor of Gezira State, Al-Tahir Ibrahim Al-Khair, in his office in Port Sudan today, His Excellency pledged to overcome all obstacles and challenges impeding the progress of the replacement process, including opening bank accounts and networking to facilitate procedures and bank transfers.
He urged citizens to expedite the opening of bank accounts.
The meeting discussed proposed solutions to overcome the challenges of ensuring a successful summer agricultural season in the state, including the provision of seeds, the opening of irrigation canals within the Gezira Scheme, the utilization of the large uncultivated areas, and coordination with relevant authorities to provide microfinance to farmers.
For his part, the Governor of Gezira State explained that the meeting discussed the state’s readiness to begin the currency exchange process in the coming period, explaining that a number of new applications have been activated to facilitate the movement of money transfers for citizens between various bank accounts.
Regarding the summer season, the Governor stated that the Sovereignty Council member pledged to overcome all obstacles and work to support the agricultural sector and provide seeds and production inputs. He noted that the state has already begun opening irrigation canals within the Gezira, Al-Hurqa, Nour El-Din, and Al-Hilaliya projects, in addition to exploiting the large areas outside the project through rain-fed irrigation, amounting to 1,770,000 acres.