The Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah discussed on Tuesday with the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) Al-Siddiq Al-Kabir and the Head of the Audit Bureau, Khalid Shakshak, the government’s preparations for the month of Ramadan.

The meeting at the office of the CBL Governor touched upon the availability of basic commodities, price control, salary payments, allowance for the wife and children, and basic pensions for the month of March before Ramadan begins, in addition to the agreement to complete those procedures and refer them to the CBL to start implementation.

The attendees agreed to follow up on the General Electricity Company's plan to increase production capacity, and to launch a number of approved new projects that would help in this regard, reviewing as well the plan to establish 500 new schools and the need to involve municipalities in follow-up and supervision work to ensure sound implementation of this project, when they said was important and requested that it would include in its first phase the poorly-constructed schools in all Libyan cities to be rebuilt according to modern designs, and a specific timetable.

The attendees reiterated the need for increasing disclosure and transparency in all government procedures, including expenditures, contracts and administrative procedures, in coordination with the CBL and the Audit Bureau.