The National Personnel Center project in Agadir has been stopped. A parliamentarian wonders about his fate.

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

Heba Press – Abdel Latif Baraka

The parliamentary representative of the socialist team in the House of Representatives, Nozha Abakarim, questioned the reasons which led to the cessation of construction work on the National Personnel Center in the city of Agadir. This is what happened in a written question addressed to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests.

The representative explained in her question that one of the main objectives of the creation of the National Argan Center is to structure and guide efforts related to the argan tree, with the aim of ensuring sustainable governance of this sector. She specified that the basic concept of the center includes three main units: a unit for analysis and rehabilitation of the argan tree as a natural heritage which must be valued and evaluated, a unit for encouraging scientific research in the field of the argan tree through the coordination and direction of studies. , as well as a knowledge management unit linked to the cultivation of the argan tree and to monitor strategic and technological developments to support the decision-making process.

The parliamentarian confirmed that this project contributes to realizing national trends and the State’s obligations towards professionals, by carrying out a program aimed at establishing a skills center specialized in the qualification and promotion of the skills of the inculcating pillars. This will also make it possible to concentrate the efforts of scientific and professional actors in the field of the pillars, so that the center occupies a leading position as an institution specialized in the valorization of this cultural heritage and in supporting advanced scientific research. in this area.

Abakarim stressed that the visions developed behind the creation of the National Argan Center have raised great hopes among professionals and citizens interested in the future of the argan tree, as well as among international organizations which consider it as a heritage. natural world and designated a world day to celebrate it. However, the project experienced an unjustified shutdown for more than a year and a half, which affected the achievement of its objectives and led to the disruption of the tasks that the center was supposed to accomplish.

In this context, the representative asked for the reasons for stopping work and the fate of the objectives and tasks set for this center. She also inquired about the measures that the Ministry of Agriculture will take to remove the obstacles hindering the realization of the project, as well as the deadlines set to open the center and allow it to fully fulfill its missions.