Minister of Electricity: Corruption and mismanagement deprived us of energy equivalent to what Iran and Saudi Arabia produce
Minister of Electricity: Corruption and mismanagement deprived us of energy equivalent to what Iran and Saudi Arabia produce
2019/2/18 11:56
“The waste of money in Iraq on electricity because of mismanagement and corruption could have produced 70 thousand megawatts, which is equivalent to the production of Iran and Saudi Arabia,” said Minister of Electricity Luay al-Khatib.
Khatib said in a press statement that “the problem of electricity in Iraq is the production, distribution and transport, and there are political interventions in the work of the ministry and quotas and must be prevented.”
He pointed out that “more than 4 million random consumers of electric power and classified within the overrun on the network,” revealing “urgent plans and fast to provide electricity for the next summer, which includes every province.”
He pointed out that “the summer of 2019 is not the end of the year and we accepted the challenge and are directed with all the available powers and financial possibilities to make the year 2019 better than 2018 by 15%, not at the level of production, but also the sectors of transport and distribution.”
Khatib said that “more than one trillion dinars was deducted from the budget of the ministry in 2019 and the budget is sufficient for salaries and loans,” revealing “has lost 4500 megawatts of electric power because of the call the terrorist and sabotage of power stations.”
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