Source: Office of the Prime Minister
On Thursday, Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak visited the headquarters of the Ministry of Industry and Trade in the temporary capital, Aden. The visit aimed to follow up on the ministry’s execution of government priorities within its reform program, the services it provides to the commercial and industrial sectors, and its regulatory efforts concerning various commercial and consumer goods.
He was received by the Minister of Industry and Trade, Mohammed Al-Ashwal, his deputy Salem Salman, and several ministry leaders.
Dr. Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak toured several departments within the ministry, gaining firsthand insight into the processes for registering companies, brand names, trademarks, agencies, and branches of foreign firms. He directed the continuation of simplifying procedures to meet the objectives of supporting the private sector and encouraging its participation in economic reforms. Additionally, he emphasized completing the ministry’s electronic portal and focusing on developing the database and information system.
The Prime Minister listened to explanations from general directors and specialists in the ministry’s general departments about their tasks in consumer protection, industrial development management, nurturing entrepreneurship, as well as services offered to investors, traders, and manufacturers, encouraging small industries, and efforts to provide a suitable environment for easing the required procedures for registering commercial and industrial activities, activating industrial zones, and the relationship with the ministry’s offices in the governorates.
Dr. Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak also visited the Industry and Trade Prosecution, where he heard from Acting Prosecutor Judge Sumaia Al-Qabati about the prosecution’s role in monitoring violations, protecting consumers from commercial fraud, and dealing with goods and medicines that do not meet specifications. He learned about their efforts to overcome challenges facing the commercial sector and the level of coordination with the Ministry of Industry and Trade to execute these tasks.
A meeting was held with the Minister of Industry and Trade and his deputy, reviewing the ministry’s role in domestic trade, consumer protection, and its modernization programs to enhance performance levels serving industrial and commercial economic sectors, in line with the government’s vision of enhancing transparency, fighting corruption, and serving citizens to alleviate their suffering.
The discussion also covered the ministry’s plans for effective control over supply and pricing, cooperation with traders to ensure an adequate strategic stock of essential goods, promoting national production, boosting exports, and the ongoing partnership with the private sector. It highlighted the importance of continuing to develop this partnership comprehensively, establishing relations with international organizations concerned with industrial and commercial sectors, and speeding up the completion of industrial zones.
Dr. Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak praised the good performance he observed in the ministry’s work, and the anticipated role in creating a distinguished model of partnership with the private sector, facilitating its procedures, and encouraging the shift from consumer investments to productive investments while supporting entrepreneurs. He emphasized the ministry’s role in taking measures to prevent any practices harmful to citizens’ interests and the national economy.
