The media office of the “outgoing” Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al‑Sudani announced that organizational and cost‑cutting measures had been taken, including the termination of contracts for a number of advisers and experts, as part of efforts to reduce expenditures. The office stated that restructuring and consolidation had taken place within its departments after achieving an 88% completion rate of the government program and that Al‑Sudani has emphasized the need to reduce spending across all government institutions.
According to the statement, these steps were implemented in line with Al‑Sudani’s directives and included merging and reorganizing sections of the office, among them ending the contracts of advisers and experts previously assigned to manage and follow up on files related to the implementation of government programs, whose overall completion rate has reached 88%.
The statement added that the efforts of these advisers were acknowledged, along with the efforts of employees across all government institutions.
It also noted that the Prime Minister’s Office has taken additional cost‑cutting measures across most areas of its operational budget.
Al‑Sudani, according to the statement, stressed that all government institutions must implement the Cabinet’s decisions on this matter in order to achieve clear reductions in expenditures and ensure maximum benefit from available resources.