Heba Press / Rabat
Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch chaired, on Tuesday in M’diq, a meeting of the Steering Committee of the National Drinking Water Supply and Irrigation Program 2020-2027. Its work focused on ways to boost the implementation of this program and update its various axes in order to take into account the acceleration of the realization of the various urgent investments that must be undertaken in the water sector, in addition to studying the various priorities included in the royal speech on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the glorious Throne Day.
At the beginning of the meeting, the Prime Minister recalled the content of the royal speech, which outlined the major steps to overcome the various challenges related to the water problem, and His Majesty’s call for the need to constantly update the mechanisms of the national water policy and carry out the various projects in accordance with the specific agenda, without any delay.
In accordance with the Royal Instructions, Aziz Akhannouch explained that the government will spare no effort to ensure the optimal use of all components of the National Program for the Supply of Drinking Water and Irrigation Water, to ensure the implementation of all its projects with speed and efficiency, and to achieve its objectives in order to contribute to alleviating water stress in a way that meets and advances the aspirations of His Majesty, may God grant him victory.
During the meeting, the Prime Minister urged the various government sectors concerned to accelerate the pace of water-related investments and implement them according to the specified schedule, indicating that the steering committee will intensify its meetings to closely monitor the progress of the implementation of the various established programs.
The meeting took place in the presence of Ministers Abdelwafi Laftit, Minister of the Interior, Nizar Baraka, Minister of Equipment and Water, and Mohamed Seddiqi, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development.
