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Zarqa Governorate Council endorses 2018 budget
By JT - Sep 21,2017 - Last updated at Sep 21,2017
AMMAN — The Governorate Council of Zarqa on Thursday endorsed its budget for 2018 at JD20.322 million. The meeting was chaired by the president of the council, Ahmad Eleimat, in the presence of Zarqa Governor Mohammad Smeiran.
The vote, which is being conducted in the Kingdom’s 12 governorates, is the first in the country’s history, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
The governorate councils were elected on August 15 in implementation of the Decentralisation Law of 2015, introduced as part of the political reform package designed to increase people’s engagement in development related policymaking in their areas.
On Wednesday, the Finance Ministry announced its plan to distribute the allocations for capital projects for the country’s districts, which take into consideration the poverty and unemployment rates, among other criteria.
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