Khartoum State Development Conference kicks off

The conference on Development and Promotion of Khartoum State stared today at Friendship Hall Khartoum, under slogan (together for renaissance of the capital).

The conference is organized under the supervision of the Acting Wali (governor) of Khartoum State, Ahmed Othman Hamza, and the honorableness of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, in which a number of federal ministers, the General Secretariat of the Khartoum State government, representatives of the armed forces, police, a number of ambassadors and civil society organizations are participating in the conference.

In his address before  the inaugural session  the  Governor of Khartoum state, noted  that there are great challenges facing the state, on top of which are  the security fragility, poverty rate and  provision  of services such as electricity  and  water supplies,  pointing out that the state suffers from a  high number of population, estimated to  15 million persons, in addition to increasing number of displaced persons and the expansion of random housing.

The governer urged the participants to come up with implementable recommendations in order to achieve the goals of the conference, meanwhile, the Minister of Federal Government Kurtkila Salih, who also addressed the conference praised the initiative of developing and renaissance of Khartoum state, stressing the important role the national capital, saying it must reflect the culture and civilization of the country and affirmed his support for all outcomes of the conference.