Al-Sudani: The completion of the budget financing platform is a first step in reforming the financial system in Iraq

2023-08-23 18:55:41

August 23, 2023

Baghdad / Obelisk Al-Hadath: Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani confirmed that the completion of the budget financing follow-up platform is a first step in reforming the financial system in Iraq.

And the media office of the Prime Minister stated, in a statement received by Al-Masalla, that the Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia’ Al-Sudani, chaired a meeting devoted to reviewing an electronic platform, which was designed and implemented by self-efforts for the purpose of following up the financing of the budget, and the platform was prepared by a committee headed by the advisor to the Prime Minister, and the membership of the parties. Sectoral and a number of ministries and governorates, and implemented in cooperation with the National Data Center, through which it is possible to follow up the implementation of the budgets of ministries, governorates and government agencies not linked to a ministry and the expenditure doors therein.

Al-Sudani appreciated the efforts of those working on the completion of this platform, and considered it a first step in reforming the financial system in Iraq by dealing with this important file, and instructed that it be circulated to spending units in all ministries and government agencies.

And he indicated that the program is an electronic mechanism that covers the entire public budget financing chain, ensuring the provision of updated data with the Prime Minister, or any responsible party that makes use of the information, and the possibility of early diagnosis of imbalance and delay centers.

He stressed that the program will also establish new work contexts that add more accuracy and transparency to the means of disbursing public funds, and contribute to supporting financial control and following up on the volume of funding, within the classification that is prepared and meets the priorities of the government program in various sectors.

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