Launching New Investment sites in Gedarif

Sudan Events – Rehab Abdullah

Gedarif state Government announced the launch of an area of ​​8 million square meters consisting of distinctive investment sites in six locations, within the framework of the plan of the Ministry of Finance in Gedarif and the Investment Commission and to meet the needs and requests of investors and major international and national companies and capital.
The Director General of the Ministry of Finance and Manpower in Gedarif state, Najat Ahmed Ibrahim, affirmed the keenness of the state government and its ministry to simplify procedures and open records through a single window and facilitate all files, particularly after the success of the Investment Commission in structuring workers and promoting the establishment of major collective and individual projects and working to benefit from relative privacy and high production in the fields of agriculture, livestock and fish.
She appreciated the keenness and vigilance of the Sudanese Armed Forces SAF in the Eastern Military area and the state Security Committee in extending security and the large deployment and military reinforcements that enabled investors and encouraged them to benefit from the plan of the state and its ministries and the General Investment Commission.
She bet on the success of the projects and achieving maximum benefit and improving people’s livelihood and the economy.
For his part, the state’s investment commissioner, Atef Al-Masry, said that the launch of investment plans and sites through the “Al-Liya” plan came after the commission received more than 25 requests for investment and the establishment of a number of heavy and light industries, including Al-Burair Industries Complex, Al-Wajba Meat Factories, Al-Burair Soap Factories, Al-Wabel Factories, Khartoum Trade Company, and plastic,flour sweetness and sweets factories.
He added that the “Al-Liya” investment plan covers an area of ​​two million, two hundred and 50,000 square meters in order to meet the area and need of all the requests and companies that submitted.
Al-Masry said that the Investment Commission, through its partners in the Ministries of Infrastructure, the Sudanese Electricity Company, the Federal Ministry and the State Ministry of Finance, succeeded in completing the procedures for the rest of the distinguished investment plans located on the national road of Gedaref, Kassala, Port Sudan, Al-Hawata, Al-Nahl, and Al-Hawri, including the Zero plans, within the framework of the state government’s efforts to benefit from the establishment of the Upper Atbara and Setit Dam complexes.
Other plans include Abu Qara, Al-Maqta, Al-Shawak, and Al-Hawri.
For his part, the Sudanese economic expert and professor of economics at universities, Mu’tasim Haroun, praised the experience of the state Ministry of Finance and the Investment Commission in completing all plans and procedures as quickly as possible, indicating that the entry of companies and investors provides great job opportunities and reduces unemployment and poverty, especially in light of the crowding of war survivors in Gadarif and the presence of comparative characteristics and advantages. He said that it is necessary to benefit from agricultural and animal production.