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The Unified Regional Investment Commission (CRUI) has approved, since 2022, projects for a total amount exceeding 1.9 billion dirhams, announced Tuesday the wali of the Fez-Meknes region, governor of the Fez prefecture , Mouaad Jamai.
Speaking during a communication meeting with economic operators in the Province of El Hajeb, Mr. Jamai specified that during the last quarter of 2024, the CRUI approved 110 million dirhams of new projects, representing 34 % of projects validated over the year and bringing the validation rate of the files presented to 45%.
Regarding public investments, he recalled that the province had already benefited from 3.5 billion dirhams of investments between 2015 and 2023, particularly for strengthening infrastructure, social sectors and human development.
Mr. Jamai stressed that this meeting, which is part of a series of consultations with economic stakeholders in the region, aims to strengthen communication and consultation with the various stakeholders in order to define ways of sustainable development and encourage investment in this province.
The governor of the province of El Hajeb, Mr. Zine El Abidine El Azhar, for his part stressed that this meeting aims to promote a new approach to ensure the revival of investment in the province.
He recalled that the province of El Hajeb, with its 270,000 inhabitants, 50% of whom live in rural areas, has significant economic, social and industrial potential, in addition to its strategic geographical position close to the main centers of attraction. of the region. Agriculture and agro-industrial are, according to him, among the growing sectors of the province.
The president of the Fez-Meknes region, Abdelouahed Al Ansari, for his part noted the importance of this meeting, the sixth in a series of consultations initiated by the wilaya of the region since December 2024.
And to recall the assets of the province, in particular its agricultural potential, its wealth of natural resources and its strategic position.
Mr. Al Ansari also highlighted crafts as a promising sector, as well as the tourism potential of the province.
He detailed the numerous projects carried out or in progress by the Regional Council in the province, particularly in the areas of road infrastructure, drinking water supply, health, sport and culture.
“Despite all the efforts made, we are fully aware of the extent of the shortcomings from which the province still suffers,” he recognized, before expressing the full readiness of the Council to continue the development process and to prepare new projects adapted to the needs of the population.
