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00:00:00to alleviate the burdens of living on citizens primarily.
00:00:03This is one of the essential and important questions. Thank you.
00:00:08about the customs dollar, and Before I move on to answering this question,
00:00:11let me just complete what we were talking about regarding the factors that
00:00:15all the requirements in
00:00:15millet in led to the fluctuation in the exchange rate of
00:00:19the national currency in recent days. In
00:00:24so that citizens can fact, rate, why when the customs the rebellion was able
00:00:32essential goods the production of gold to print very large quantities of the national currency, some counterfeit,
00:00:34some with real plates that were present in
00:00:39of the form is with the government the Emirates and with a real design
00:00:46Ibrahim, to this production, and not rely on and they were able to sell this currency extensively
00:00:47transactions, in reality,
00:00:48interview on "Economy in the to obtain
00:00:50we comment on foreign currency. Yes, and this had a significant
00:00:54impact on the exchange rate.
00:00:57markets and be able to control In addition to that, there are
00:00:59the product. And if we control rooms for traders who are speculating
00:01:02at prices where in reality no one buys a single
00:01:06a cost department in the Central Bank, dollar, but they say now additional the dollar is
00:01:09The primary role of this 8400, and soon it will be 8500
00:01:12and we reached 9000. In
00:01:14had never cultivated before in reality, no one buys anything and no one sells anything, but
00:01:17with the intention of creating confusion.
00:01:20we will not starve, God willing. So, in And this confusion is harmful because everyone thinks
00:01:23if they want to preserve the value of what
00:01:26they own
00:01:28things may get confused, in the form of foreign currency. Or gold, then there will be a
00:01:31rush and a search for
00:01:35security for what
00:01:37pounds for they own in terms of money, and this harms or causes harm and continuously feeds
00:01:41We had in this
00:01:43We began establishing
00:01:43talk about this type of panic and leads to the erosion of the
00:01:46national currency exchange rate. However, in reality, there are no
00:01:50real purchases and no real
00:01:56one, it should be at least 20% Therefore, sales at the prices that are mentioned, and therefore the citizen back with their reports. We started is right when he says this is fabricated, a deliberate matter
00:02:00done for this purpose, and this is
00:02:06throughout Khartoum State to be close Near the borders, it is economic warfare in addition to military warfare. I mean, this is the aspect we were talking about.
00:02:09Let's move on to social support or social protection in general in
00:02:12the country. We thank God that we
00:02:16never stopped supporting
00:02:24have gold, but entire Sudanese people. The state pensioners in the pensioners' fund
00:02:26and compensates for it elsewhere. continuously, and in direct support
00:02:28make some for citizens through
00:02:32a free economy the Ministry of Human Resources but with and Social Development, more
00:02:33is that you cannot than 46,000 families
00:02:36receive direct monthly support during
00:02:40the war. We did not stop or
00:02:42stop paying people's salaries, but we also did not stop
00:02:46supporting poor families. It is true that
00:02:49for personal use applied to what they receive may not be enough but it is very important that
00:02:52people
00:02:55goods
00:02:55Bank, it would be more beneficial to the expand in this area. We did not stop supporting
00:02:57health insurance and the additional package in health
00:03:01insurance, and praise be to God.
00:03:05of some materials like mercury The country is also experiencing a large expansion in health
00:03:07for personal use, because in insurance despite the problems that occurred in hospitals in various
00:03:11locations. So we are committed to social
00:03:15protection and we will expand
00:03:18and we will have to use quick in that, God willing. Well, before we also delve into the gold sector,
00:03:20we are talking about what was announced some time ago about
00:03:25to provide this a portfolio for the agricultural sector amounting to 3
00:03:29for the producer or the buyer trillion pounds, and this is a large amount. We want to be reassured.
00:03:32Has this portfolio been implemented with this figure? This is number
00:03:36activity and an abundance one. Second, we have always said, Mr. Minister, when
00:03:39UN reports were issued since the beginning of the war until now, and they
00:03:43were biased and always wanted to prove that Sudan is suffering from
00:03:47But in hunger, 25 million citizens suffering from hunger and other
00:03:50things. But we always said that
00:03:54Sudan will not starve and Sudan has agricultural
00:03:57areas that can compensate for what
00:04:01by the state reducing is close to 200 million feddans, and 25% of it has been worked so far. It has the
00:04:04rate that this than to official ability to compensate if there were security problems in a certain
00:04:09public sector employees entered this place. There were other alternatives for compensation. But the challenges facing
00:04:12the current season, we are reassured about the portfolio's position, from the high prices
00:04:15of fuel, especially diesel and production
00:04:20some of the fees or inputs, which constitute a real decision in
00:04:21the other hand. As you mentioned, threat to a very large sector in Sudan, which is the agricultural sector. We want
00:04:25to reassure all farmers throughout
00:04:27we strive to absorb them into Sudan regarding these
00:04:28income. Therefore, it is matters, and what of this
00:04:33for the dollar or First, the amount mentioned,
00:04:39and has taken a package artisanal mining 3 trillion and 100 billion pounds, more than a trillion
00:04:43pounds has been spent so far on supporting
00:04:46the summer season, and we are still
00:04:49continuing to support
00:04:52other matter is that the the harvest for the summer season, and we are very
00:04:54optimistic that there will be this is what
00:05:01and all issues a set of has been directly supported. from the portfolio, but there are also
00:05:05goods. Therefore, no Perhaps at are discussed. It is true that commercial banks problem with that have entered into financing agriculture in their own way
00:05:08promise a significant decrease with huge amounts
00:05:09on approaching this amount.
00:05:12The situation is largely reassuring that we are also preparing
00:05:16extensively for the winter season, which will also
00:05:19guarantee us the second aspect of food. Currently, we
00:05:23are very busy with the production of corn and
00:05:28the areas during the summer season, but we also
00:05:31focus on wheat production in the winter season and expanding its production.
00:05:35Make sure that all production inputs are available in
00:05:38their due time. So, financing, God willing, will be available
00:05:43for both seasons.
00:05:45The government is currently concerned with ensuring that
00:05:49citizens can eat from
00:05:52their own labor and from their country's
00:05:55aid from abroad. This is what
00:05:58we are all concerned with now, and God willing, we will
00:06:02not starve. This is an important point.
00:06:04By the grace of God, as
00:06:08you mentioned, Doctor, the production of Gedarif during
00:06:12the year of the war covered a very large part of our food
00:06:15needs. I mean, and the rest of the safe
00:06:19states, even the people of Kassala in
00:06:23the state, cultivated areas they
00:06:26the previous season, for example. And therefore, thank God, we
00:06:29did not starve, and God willing,
00:06:33the first half of 2026, the volume
00:06:35of exports was 1.8 billion dollars. We have not yet
00:06:39reached the level that matches the capabilities
00:06:43and resources of Sudan's huge natural resources, including gold.
00:06:471.1 billion dollars
00:06:50differs from the performance of 2025 or is slightly
00:06:53higher. But Mr. Minister, let us
00:06:56sector in a detailed way, even if we
00:06:59address all these aspects. Journalists always ask
00:07:02us why gold did not cover the gap that
00:07:05oil used to cover before the secession of South
00:07:09Sudan. And we say that, I mean, we
00:07:13always give an example to clarify the matter to the viewer. I tell them, if
00:07:16an oil well appeared in his house,
00:07:20would the state leave him this well? No, the state would immediately
00:07:23take over this matter as a national resource,
00:07:27a resource that concerns all Sudanese people. It
00:07:30is money owned by the
00:07:33takes over this resource
00:07:39If we apply this theory to gold, that we have
00:07:42transformed the traditional sector into an organized sector,
00:07:46because it is clear that with the secession of South Sudan and the gap that occurred in foreign currency
00:07:49and oil budget resources, the state launched, for
00:07:52example, artisanal mining, and it took off, and now
00:07:56production belongs to the citizen, which is a gift, and not
00:08:00to the entire Sudanese people. And if it came to Sudan internally through
00:08:04a stock exchange or through the Central
00:08:07economy, but 80% of gold production in the traditional sector is smuggled
00:08:11abroad, most of it. What are the solutions, besides the
00:08:14traditional sector's use
00:08:17and cyanide, which have an impact
00:08:20on the environment? We sometimes hear from geologists that
00:08:23even surface exploration, when we use
00:08:26satellites to find out what is deep
00:08:30underground, it is not virgin land, it is not
00:08:34level, and this hinders this matter. We want a complete vision for gold
00:08:38and limiting its smuggling. What are the measures you have taken
00:08:41in this regard? I think the question is
00:08:45entirely appropriate. In many countries, you cannot
00:08:49take a kilo
00:08:52of sand or a kilo of dirt from a mine,
00:08:56considering it state property, considering it
00:08:59Sudan, sometimes
00:09:02a blessing turns into a curse.
00:09:06The abundance of gold everywhere and
00:09:09on the surface led to citizens preceding the government
00:09:12in gold production and engaging in it
00:09:15on a large scale. A huge
00:09:18number of people
00:09:21field, reaching
00:09:24millions, and it became a source
00:09:27of income for citizens on one hand, and a source
00:09:31of income, albeit small, for the state on
00:09:34at that time, the state was in dire need
00:09:40very difficult to stop this matter all at
00:09:44once. And
00:09:48contributes to smuggling because you
00:09:52cannot control it at the level of its widespread
00:09:55presence in the organized sector. The organized sector
00:09:58is easy to control. Now, the entire focus is on
00:10:02organizing artisanal mining as a first
00:10:05stage, by fencing markets, defining
00:10:08entry and exit points, and providing
00:10:12electronic devices
00:10:15for inspection, for weighing the vehicles
00:10:18that transport the ore,
00:10:20by monitoring the burning. Every
00:10:24step, people can verify the information
00:10:27by counting the markets themselves. Currently, there are more than 74
00:10:31gold markets. Now, people are trying to reduce these
00:10:34markets to a reasonable number
00:10:37and provide
00:10:40the main markets so that the miner can
00:10:44obtain his product, and at the same
00:10:47time, the state is aware
00:10:50of
00:10:54by Dr. Nayyar on this day
00:10:57with a specific form
00:11:00to be filled out, and a copy
00:11:04with sufficient information about this product, the amount
00:11:08of gold in his possession. And there is follow-up now
00:11:11for every quantity produced in a certain market, for example,
00:11:14where did it go? to all markets, but we
00:11:17will gradually reach all major
00:11:24the product, we will know exactly
00:11:27the quantity produced, and therefore if
00:11:31it does not reach the official export lines, we will know whether
00:11:33it is stored with
00:11:37the person or has gone across
00:11:40the borders, and the person who smuggled the goods will be held accountable.
00:11:43What prevents the establishment of a gold exchange
00:11:47since 2012, 2013, 2014,
00:11:50the establishment of an exchange was approved? In 2016, the Ministry of Minerals
00:11:54studied it and reached the economic section. And during
00:11:57the transitional period, all regulations and laws were approved. What
00:12:01hinders the establishment of an exchange to be an organized market that attracts gold internally
00:12:04instead of externally? the exchange in
00:12:082022 and sent delegations
00:12:12to study exchanges in Dubai at the time,
00:12:15in Turkey, in Egypt, in several countries, and they came
00:12:20the project, but the war broke out and
00:12:24the matter was delayed. Now,
00:12:27not only a gold exchange, but also a commodity
00:12:30exchange, especially
00:12:32agricultural commodities.
00:12:35The war destroyed the refinery,
00:12:38and when the refineries are absent, it is very
00:12:42difficult to have a gold exchange.
00:12:45Raw gold needs to
00:12:49it is easy to operate a refinery quickly, and I know that there is a refinery
00:12:53inside the Suna now that has not been installed.
00:12:56It is very easy. We are only waiting for
00:12:59the refinery to resume work and produce
00:13:03the required gold bars, then
00:13:06we will launch the exchange. The study
00:13:10is ready. We are just waiting for the refinery and crops
00:13:13also. The market is also ready,
00:13:16and we formed a committee, I think, a few
00:13:20days ago. If you follow, the committee
00:13:23is now working to open the exchange.
00:13:50In light of the economic conditions that the country is witnessing,
00:13:54media experts and academics pointed out
00:13:57that Al Jazirah enjoys stable economic
00:14:01of food supplies, and it has many economic alternatives
00:14:05and agricultural projects and industrial cities, and it leads
00:14:09the states in addressing economic distortions and solving
00:14:12the living crisis. Now the economic effects
00:14:16that people are talking about
00:14:20we consider them to be bubbles
00:14:22intended for known goals and purposes,
00:14:25which have become more evident to citizens
00:14:29agencies. Therefore, we can
00:14:32say from the heart of Al Jazirah that Al Jazirah
00:14:36leads the states as it is the exemplary
00:14:38alternative that
00:14:41we emulate in that we
00:14:44address economic distortions made
00:14:47according to natural rates on
00:14:51the ground. The Ministry of Finance, Economy, and Labor
00:14:55in Al Jazirah State affirmed that the state
00:14:58has pioneered in opening markets to alleviate
00:15:01living burdens
00:15:04of measures to limit speculation in strategic
00:15:06commodities and currency and rising prices.
00:15:10We salute our armed forces for these
00:15:13great victories they
00:15:16have achieved in various operational
00:15:18areas. In fact, the state has taken
00:15:24measures for this purpose.
00:15:28the beginning, all fees
00:15:30and levies
00:15:34transit goods or even
00:15:38local products in Al Jazirah
00:15:41state were abolished. The government of Al Jazirah
00:15:45state affirmed that among its priorities is caring for people's
00:15:49livelihoods so that citizens enjoy peace, security, and a decent
00:15:52life, thanks to the victories led by the armed
00:15:55forces and supporting forces in the battle of
00:15:58dignity. We are truly
00:16:00concerned with people's issues, especially the most
00:16:04important one, which is people's livelihoods. Al Jazirah state
00:16:07is one of the economic and agricultural states that is relied upon
00:16:10to solve the living crisis. Al-Hindi Abd al-Rahman
00:16:14Abu Shamah, Sudan TV, Al Jazirah state,
00:16:17Wad Medani. We welcome back the Minister of Finance,
00:16:21Dr. Jibril
00:16:25Open." Before
00:16:28the report, let's complete the last question on
00:16:31the gold sector. Why, Mr. Minister, are there no deterrent
00:16:35penalties against those who allow themselves to
00:16:38smuggle the country's wealth abroad? And why has
00:16:42smuggled gold not been confiscated,
00:16:45and the means used, which are undoubtedly
00:16:482025, 2024, or
00:16:522026 models, valuable vehicles,
00:16:55and why is the person who carried out this operation not subject to
00:16:58long prison sentences so that it serves as a lesson and a deterrent
00:17:02to others, and why is this not implemented on everyone? The law
00:17:05applies to everyone without any exception and without any
00:17:08influence. Why has this not
00:17:11been done? The legislation that
00:17:15punishes has been updated.
00:17:19the legislation evasion and smuggling
00:17:22until reaching the borders, it was considered by
00:17:25the judge as merely evasion and not smuggling.
00:17:30the person who carried the goods
00:17:33near the borders was not prosecuted, even without a document, even without a document.
00:17:40not considered smuggling, but rather
00:17:44evasion. And we resorted
00:17:47to the Minister of Justice and asked
00:17:49him to amend the legislation so
00:17:53that possession without documents would be considered smuggling,
00:17:57and the person who carries
00:18:01all precious minerals and gemstones without documents
00:18:05would be considered a smuggler. Now
00:18:08the legislation has been issued, and therefore the penalty
00:18:12is deterrent. In reality, will the application be strict?
00:18:16We hope so. I do not control the application,
00:18:19but I hope that the judicial
00:18:21authorities will play their role. The police and security
00:18:25agencies will all play their role in achieving what
00:18:28we aspire to. The other
00:18:30matter is that smuggling also
00:18:33develops with the development of anti-smuggling methods.
00:18:36People have reached the point of smuggling with drones,
00:18:39and security agencies are developing, and the agencies must develop more to
00:18:43keep pace because gold
00:18:47is attractive to the other side
00:18:51of the border and to this side. And therefore, they exert
00:18:54every effort to reach their goal.
00:18:58The real solution, of course, is
00:19:02incentive
00:19:06domestically. I mean, combating smuggling
00:19:09with policies is more effective than force.
00:19:13No matter how hard you try, Sudan's borders are very wide.
00:19:16Okay, well, if we talk about the report on discounted sales
00:19:20and there are many questions about the exchange
00:19:23rate and the dollar, let's start with discounted sales
00:19:27and give us a clear statement, at least
00:19:30to reassure all viewers about the current exchange rate
00:19:34situation, and then we will complete the discounted sales
00:19:38map. We think we said at the beginning of our talk about the exchange
00:19:42rate
00:19:44is artificial and has no real market, and the
00:19:47rate has started to decline significantly. There are announcements
00:19:51about the availability of large quantities of foreign currency
00:19:55from Khartoum Bank and from other
00:19:58banks, commitments from other banks
00:20:01to provide sufficient credit
00:20:04lines for importing all commodities.
00:20:07Therefore, the demand
00:20:10foreign currency is expected to decrease significantly,
00:20:14and therefore the prices
00:20:17of foreign currencies against the national currency
00:20:21are expected to gradually drop the
00:20:25unreal price to reasonable prices. The
00:20:29prices usually go in one
00:20:33direction, upwards, and rarely
00:20:36decline. This is a real
00:20:39the prices themselves for
00:20:42one can
00:20:46in prices for all goods. But now
00:20:49we are trying. The state is making
00:20:52an effort to activate cooperatives to provide goods from
00:20:56their sources, although all essential consumer goods
00:20:59are either exempt from customs or have a very
00:21:02low rate that does not exceed 3%.
00:21:06We review all fees that
00:21:09can help us provide these goods without fees
00:21:14get goods at a reasonable price. So, there is an effort
00:21:17that will be launched
00:21:20in all states, in all cooperatives,
00:21:23to provide essential goods from their sources without
00:21:26intermediaries so that we can provide goods in all neighborhoods. Well, Mr.
00:21:30Minister, I think that the policy of economic liberalization
00:21:33does not mean chaos, of course, and
00:21:37the state has a role in the policy of economic liberalization.
00:21:40It intervenes, but the method of intervention is indirect
00:21:43and not direct by compelling the merchant to sell at a specific
00:21:47price. And the indirect intervention is if the state knows the actual
00:21:50cost. I always called for a cost department in the Ministry of Finance,
00:21:56and the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
00:21:59department is that the state does not work in industry, but its primary
00:22:02role is to scientifically measure the cost of producing any
00:22:06commodity domestically or the cost of importing it from abroad.
00:22:09Just because this information is very important
00:22:12for the authorities in the state to make the right decisions
00:22:16when I feel that a certain commodity costs 10 or 1000
00:22:20pounds and is sold for 400 or 5000 pounds,
00:22:23the state here facilitates the flow of this commodity to be sold for 1200,
00:22:271300, 1500. This will force the merchant,
00:22:30not coerce him, to lower the price to a reasonable
00:22:33level. In addition, the discounted sales experiment has been
00:22:37tried several times, and its failure was due to multiple reasons.
00:22:40We also want a clear answer from the Minister to reassure people:
00:22:46or 30% lower than the market price; two, it should contain
00:22:49goods that meet the daily needs of citizens;
00:22:52three, it should be spread
00:22:56to citizens or in other states; four, there should
00:23:00be large capital if a huge company is entrusted to manage
00:23:04this operation efficiently with large capital;
00:23:06five, continuity. All these things were not implemented
00:23:10in previous experiences. Have you addressed previous mistakes to remedy
00:23:13this matter in the next phase? First, I agree
00:23:16with you that the principle in
00:23:23impose a specific price on a merchant.
00:23:27You cannot give him this from yourself. He
00:23:31bought it with his money and sells it with his money. The most effective
00:23:34way is to provide fair competition to this
00:23:38merchant
00:23:40and to provide
00:23:45by controlling fees.
00:23:48This is to reduce the prices of goods.
00:23:52And therefore, the merchant will be forced to sell
00:23:54at competitive prices
00:24:05Well, we have eight minutes, Mr. Minister,
00:24:08capsules. Why does the state not import
00:24:11fuel during wartime? It could have offered fuel at
00:24:14a cost or at a price 25% to 30%
00:24:18lower than it is now. We will finish all the existing
00:24:21topics with quick answers. Okay.
00:24:24The state basically relies on free trade
00:24:27and has not suffered throughout the war from
00:24:31a shortage of petroleum products. If we had decided that the state
00:24:35would import
00:24:36and provide
00:24:39foreign currency for importing goods, we would have entered into a bigger problem.
00:24:43Well, in the current circumstances, many countries have absorbed the shocks
00:24:46related to Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb
00:24:51some of its fuel fees and forcing the private
00:24:54sector to reduce its profit margin. Why didn't that happen
00:24:58in a quick answer? We are now controlling the size
00:25:01of the profits made by
00:25:05importing entities, and also
00:25:07we are reviewing
00:25:10taxes imposed on diesel, for
00:25:13example. The three commodities: wheat, flour, sugar, and petroleum
00:25:16derivatives, are approximately 2.2 billion
00:25:20dollars, representing 48.5% of the total
00:25:24imports. If the state intervened and controlled
00:25:27some of the commodities, a positive change could occur.
00:25:30Let's conclude with a question: Is there full coordination between
00:25:34monetary and financial policies? Certainly.
00:25:37The Central
00:25:38Bank and the Ministry
00:25:41of Finance work in full coordination and complete
00:25:45harmony. And there is also coordination at the economic
00:25:49sector level, certainly,
00:25:53in the end, this does not mean direct
00:25:56intervention by the Ministry of Finance in the work of the Central
00:26:00Bank. The Central Bank is an independent entity and reports
00:26:03directly to the Presidency of the Sovereignty Council. Yes. Okay, there
00:26:07is a continuous complaint from importers
00:26:10your opinion is well-known. You announced in the media that there is
00:26:14no customs dollar, and I understand that as an adherence
00:26:18to international institutions that the dollar exchange rate is unified. But
00:26:21if the main goal is to unify the exchange
00:26:25dollar increases do we not reduce the customs duty category to create
00:26:29balance and avoid additional burden on citizens? In a quick answer, basically, all
00:26:34are either completely exempt from customs or have a duty
00:26:38of only 3%. All essential
00:26:40food items. The other matter is that if you try
00:26:44to fix the currency exchange rate for customs
00:26:50you do not reduce the prices of goods because the merchant
00:26:53does not sell at the official government price, but rather at the parallel
00:26:56and replacement price, above the parallel
00:26:59price. And therefore, you are achieving
00:27:05profits for the merchant
00:27:08at the expense of reducing state revenues. You are dealing with
00:27:12a private sector that was not dealing - I would not say
00:27:15with full transparency. It increases prices at a rapid
00:27:19pace and decreases them at a slow
00:27:22pace in this matter. even if there are goods exempt from customs,
00:27:26as long as there are high customs duties on other goods,
00:27:31and that may not be
00:27:34reflected. If it affects a commodity worth 1000 pounds, the increase will be 4000
00:27:40the state. Why have Sudan's capabilities and resources
00:27:43and natural resources not been exploited to the required extent since independence
00:27:47until now? In short, Sudan has been preoccupied
00:27:50with conflicts, whether internal political
00:27:53conflicts or civil wars,
00:27:56which have truly hampered production for a long
00:28:00The time is now, after this war, for
00:28:03people to engage in a true dialogue
00:28:06that addresses all the roots of the Sudanese problem and the roots
00:28:10of unrest and conflict, and to reach a formula
00:28:13that drives
00:28:15people to work for the renaissance. Your vision regarding the adjustment
00:28:19of salaries and sources for covering this increase.
00:28:22We are currently studying, at the level
00:28:25of the Ministry of Finance, at the level of the Supreme Council for Wages, to
00:28:30adjustment in salaries,
00:28:34careful consideration that it be
00:28:38from resources
00:28:41with real purchasing power, not just a number, but that this
00:28:45increase means an increase in purchasing power.
00:28:48The decision to exempt solar energy systems
00:28:52those returning to their homeland, and this is an advantage and encouragement
00:28:55for those returning. But what about those inside Sudan, where the
00:28:59system has become a necessity amidst the fluctuations in electricity?
00:29:03For the viewer's knowledge, solar energy is exempt
00:29:06even for traders, not
00:29:09the end, the trader will sell solar energy
00:29:13to the consumer. We
00:29:15exempted all solar energy inputs
00:29:19from customs duties
00:29:21completely, except for some batteries that have more than
00:29:25one use. People want to ensure that they are used for solar
00:29:29energy. Otherwise, all solar energy is exempt, whether commercial or
00:29:32for domestic use. Do you have new policies
00:29:36to, meaning, reassure citizens that
00:29:39the exchange rate will stabilize, because many people are following this, whether
00:29:43at the commercial level, exporters, importers, or those who have families
00:29:46abroad who transfer from within? This is a very important issue. In
00:29:50less than 30 seconds. We are
00:29:52currently working on a set of measures. We don't
00:29:56necessarily disclose all of them because some parties monitor this
00:30:00and try to take
00:30:03opposing policies. But we are working on measures
00:30:06that we believe will contribute to stabilizing the exchange rate. Your vision: will
00:30:12who are not currently working be gradually employed
00:30:15according to need, or what is your vision on
00:30:18that? Certainly, the current
00:30:22the state is that whoever can
00:30:26come,
00:30:29work and try to expand on that until everyone returns. And as we conclude
00:30:33this episode, we hope that we have been able
00:30:37to speak on behalf of the citizen and discuss everything that is on
00:30:40the citizen's mind before the Minister of Finance, Dr. Gibril Ibrahim.
00:30:43But we want quick capsules from the Minister and good news
00:30:47for the citizen. You are, at the joints of the state and
00:30:51among the decision-makers, and we want to, meaning, strengthen this episode
00:30:55certainly with decisions or expected decisions to
00:30:58be issued that will have positive impacts.
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