HIBAPRESS – A. Mahyawi
Nizar Baraka, the Secretary-General of the Istiqlal Party, confirmed that the state allocates investment support of up to 10% for investors wishing to establish their projects in the Taza province, within the framework of the new investment charter, considering that this privilege reflects the state's will to achieve spatial justice and stimulate local development in the emerging regions.
This announcement came during the massive communication rally held in the city of Taza on Saturday, October 25, 2025, under the slogan "Moralizing Political Work: A Basic Lever for the True Development of the Rising Morocco". The meeting was chaired by Nizar Baraka, in the presence of members of the party's executive committee and a number of ministers and parliamentarians, in addition to regional and local figures, foremost among them Abdelouahed El Ansari, the president of the Fes-Meknes regional council, and Mounir Chintir, the president of the Taza municipality. In his political speech, Nizar Baraka praised the representative strength of the Istiqlal Party within the province, which includes 135 municipal councilors, appreciating the trust that the people of Taza have placed in the party and its elected officials. He also addressed the developmental and spatial challenges, calling for accelerating the implementation of territorial programs to achieve a "Morocco moving at one speed," in harmony with royal directives calling for reducing disparities between regions. The Secretary-General pointed out that the 2026 finance bill allocated 140 billion dirhams for education and health, which is equivalent to three times the budget for organizing the 2030 World Cup, highlighting that the problem does not lie in the size of financial resources, but in good governance and efficiency in implementation. Speaking about the social situation in the Taza province, Baraka noted that the unemployment rate reached 29%, with alarming poverty rates recorded in some rural areas such as Bouiblane, where the rate reaches 49%. He called for adopting a comprehensive development approach that links roads, education, health, and connection to the internet in order to achieve the desired spatial and social justice. He also highlighted the scarcity of water and the decline in the individual share to 200 cubic meters annually in the province, calling for adopting sustainable agriculture that takes into account climate changes, in addition to encouraging ecotourism and rural tourism that Taza abounds in, and investing in traditional industries, food industries, and e-commerce. During the meeting, Nizar Baraka spoke about the major projects related to infrastructure, especially the Taza-Guercif-Nador highway project, which will enable the province to open up to the Nador West Med port and reduce travel time between the two cities to about two hours only, which enhances the province's competitiveness in the field of export and investment. The meeting concluded with the honoring of a number of the party's female and male activists and pioneers in the province, in appreciation of their giving and struggle in the service of the principles of the Istiqlal Party and its authentic national values.
