Hot issues await the new walis and governors

The walis and governors recently appointed by King Mohammed VI will face complex social and environmental issues, such as water scarcity, isolation and problems of access to isolated areas, as well as youth unemployment.

The regional representatives of the territorial administration will also have to remedy the problem of the high cost of living and the safeguarding of social peace, “failing which there will be no development or encouragement of investment», relays an editorial fromAl Akhbar this Monday, October 21.

The new agents of authority will have to implement the royal directives relating to the management of water stress, the monitoring of construction projects for desalination stations, the protection of the water table and the optimal exploitation of rainwater.

«Among the hot issues awaiting them are also school dropouts, especially in rural areas, as well as the problem of girls’ education in remote areas.», writes the editorialist ofAl Akhbaraccording to which “To do this, walis and governors are called upon to provide students in these regions with school transportation, and to continue the construction of schools, while providing them with the necessary equipment.».

Furthermore, many residents and investors are impatiently awaiting an unblocking by these new walis and governors.pending files in the field of town planning, accelerate technical studies, implement development plans and encourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)».

They will also need to “rationalize the management of National Initiative for Human Development (INDH) programs by modernizing data and updating partnerships with associations and cooperatives, while looking into what happened to the inspection reports produced by the control commissions under the Ministry of the Interior», indicates the editorialist ofAl Akhbar.

Walis and governors must also “examine the repercussions of infighting within municipal councils that delay development“, underlines Al Akhbarwho adds that they “will also have to monitor the execution of projects relating to the organization of the 2030 World Cup».

Suffice to say, comments the daily editorialist, “that this important step requires restoring trust and fighting corruption, so that citizens feel its impact in all areas».