PM: The completion of the budget financing follow-up platform is a first step in reforming the financial system in Iraq

Baghdad-INA  
The media office of the Prime Minister stated, in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "Prime Minister Muhammad Shia' al-Sudani chaired today, Wednesday, a meeting dedicated to reviewing an electronic platform, which was designed and implemented with self-efforts for the purpose of following up on budget financing, and the platform was prepared by a committee It is chaired by the Prime Minister's advisor, and the membership of the sectoral bodies and a number of ministries and governorates, and was implemented in cooperation with the National Data Center, through which it is possible to follow up on the implementation of the budgets of ministries, governorates, and government agencies that are not linked to a ministry and the expenditure chapters in it.
Al-Sudani appreciated "the efforts of those working to complete this platform, and considered it a first step in reforming the financial system in Iraq by dealing with this important file," and instructed "to circulate it to spending units in all ministries and government agencies."
  He indicated, "The program is an electronic mechanism that covers the entire public budget financing chain, ensuring the provision of updated data with the Prime Minister, or any responsible party that makes use of the information, and the possibility of early diagnosis of defect and delay centers."
Prime Minister stressed, "The program will also establish new work contexts that add more accuracy and transparency to the means of disbursing public funds, and contribute to supporting financial control and following up on the volume of financing, within the classification prepared and meeting the priorities of the government program in various sectors."