The newspapers issued today, Sunday, paid attention to Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani’s confirmation that the government’s directives are that dealing with digital transformation should be considered a work plan that must be implemented, and they followed the Security Council’s decision to end UNAMI’s mission.
Al-Zawraa newspaper, which is published by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, quoted Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani as confirming that the government’s directives are that dealing with digital transformation should be considered a work plan that must be implemented.
A statement from the Prime Minister’s Media Office stated: ‘The Prime Minister opened the digital data center in the Ministry of Interior, and the factory of manufacturing car number plates in the center of the capital, Baghdad, in the presence of the Ministers of Interior, Planning, Communications, Higher Education, Labor and Social Affairs, the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, and the Governor of the Central
Bank and a number of government and security officials.’
In his speech during the inaguration, Al-Sudani congratulated the completion of this project, praising ‘the efforts of the employees of the Ministry of Interior and the Iraqi implementing company.’
He pointed out ‘the importance of the digital data center in preserving and circulating data, and that the ministry has made important strides in providing electronic service to citizens, starting with the passport and entry visa, and today this center specializes in collecting data.’
He explained that ‘the Ministry of Interior, in addition to its security title, is a service ministry and in direct contact with the citizen,’ stressing ‘the importance of sharing data between departments and institutions, and that the readiness of information will raise the level of performance of the Ministry of Interior in the field of tracking crime.’
The statement continued, ‘The importance of the digital data center comes in line with the directives of the Prime Minist
er to ensure data security and sharing, and to rely on automation and digital transformation in providing services to citizens, it is one of the outcomes of the e-passport, e-visa, and e-portals project contract concluded with the Police Martyrs Fund. It will serve the Ministry of Interior and all its formations, such as the e-passport, e-visa, national card, vehicle registration system, and market licenses systems, forensic evidence, Identity Directorate, etc., and it can also support ministries and the private sector in data hosting or backup in service to the public good.’
It stated that ‘the center has a capacity of (200) digital data cabins, and can accommodate future development and expansion for the next (20) years, and was built to high specifications, as it can continue to operate for (30) days in the event of a complete national power outage.’
The Prime Minister said: ‘the government is a service government, and when service is achieved quickly and easily and we obtain the satisfaction of the citi
zen, then we have achieved our goal,’ noting ‘the importance of the required speed, accuracy, and security of information.’
He continued: ‘We held a meeting of the Supreme Committee for Digital Transformation, and we stressed the importance of not dispersing efforts through the large number of committees, and the more the data is unified and within a clear state policy, the more it is possible to develop performance and maintain the level of service.’
He added: ‘Our directives are that dealing with everything issued by the Supreme Committee for Digital Transformation should be a work plan that must be implemented, and that the process of preserving information today is not limited to fortified rooms, as much as it depends on a cybersecurity system to maintain the security of information.’
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani stressed the importance of the car number plate manufacturing plant.
A statement from the Prime Minister’s Media Office stated: ‘Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa al-Sudani
opened the car number plate manufacturing plant, affiliated with the Ministry of Interior, in the center of the capital, Baghdad.’
It added, “Al-Sudani was briefed on the sections of the factory and the stages of manufacturing the cars’ plates, which will be of high specifications and allow the vehicle owner to drive outside Iraq.”
The Prime Minister praised ‘the efforts of the Ministry of Interior, the General Traffic Directorate, and the implementing company,’ stressing ‘the importance of this project, in solving the problem of the cars’ plates that has existed for years.’
Al-Sabah newspaper followed the UN Security Council’s decision on May 31, 2024 to end the mission of the UNAMI mission, noting that this decision was met with positive reactions from the Iraqi street, and specialists considered the end of the mission of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) by the end of 2025 AD as evidence of the stability of the situation in Iraq and the government fulfilling its promises.
Source:
National Iraqi News Agency