HIBAPRESS – Mohamed Zariouh
The Nador community, under the supervision of the head of the community council, launched an operation to purchase food items for donations and assistance to the needy. The operation, which was announced via tender number 03/2026 dated February 11, 2026, aims to provide aid during the month of Ramadan, which has raised many questions about its real objectives.
The food items to be purchased include a range of essential materials such as rice, chickpeas, lentils, semolina, oil, sugar, flour, milk, dates, tea, coffee, in addition to jam, tomato paste, eggs, and cheese. 850 units of each type have been specified, which means preparing hundreds of food baskets. This initiative coincides with the approaching election date, which raised many questions about its timing. Some considered that this aid may be just an attempt to win the votes of voters in poor densely populated areas, raising a question about the extent of its use for electoral purposes. In the absence of any supervision from the local authorities and members of the community council on the operation, questions arose about the transparency of the initiative. So far, the method of determining the beneficiaries or the criteria adopted for their selection has not been announced. This ambiguity opens the door to speculation about the exploitation of this aid for non-social purposes. The most prominent question that many people ask is whether public money will be used to finance this initiative for electoral purposes. If the Nador community uses its budget to buy these food items, this raises questions about how public funds are allocated and the extent to which this initiative is consistent with the financial responsibility of the community. In light of these questions, a number of those interested in local affairs are asking the Nador community to clarify all the details related to the operation, from the criteria for selecting the beneficiaries to the mechanism for distributing aid. As transparency in this process is necessary to ensure the achievement of justice and equal opportunities among all needy families. It remains to wait for an official clarification from the Nador community to answer these questions, especially in light of the concern about the exploitation of this initiative for electoral purposes at a sensitive time.
