The Moroccan government has announced, its decision to allocate support to transport professionals in order to preserve the purchasing power of citizens given the current situation, marked by a rise in fuel prices at national and global levels.
The announcement of this support was made last Wednesday at a joint press briefing of Minister of Transport and Logistics, Mohamed Abdeljalil, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Economy and Finance, responsible for the Budget, Fouzi Lekjaa and Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of Relations with Parliament, Government Spokesman, Mustapha Baitas.
In this regard, Abdeljalil stressed that the government has taken this decision in view of the current situation, marked by fluctuating and soaring fuel prices, and this after a series of meetings with professionals in the sector.
The Minister said that an interdepartmental committee, formed to operationalize this support, began its work last Friday, adding that it will also proceed to the establishment of a digital platform to facilitate the delivery of support to professionals.
A participatory framework with "Barid Bank", in charge of monitoring and centralizing this operation, will also be set up, said the Minister.
For his part, Lekjaa said that the government has mobilized the necessary investments to maintain the price of butane gas at 3.33 dhs / kg to allow citizens to buy the bottle of gas at 40 DH, as was previously the case, in addition to the support of various stakeholders in the transport sector to maintain the stability of rates of daily transportation of citizens, whether within cities or between them.
The government, he added, will also intervene to mitigate the burden of transport tariffs, including goods, noting that this will maintain the stability of prices of different products on local markets.
Lekjaa assured that the Executive has placed the preservation of the purchasing power of citizens at the top of its priorities, recalling the taking of a series of measures since last October to mitigate the impact of fluctuations in fuel prices and commodities.
"The first measure concerned soft wheat, which has helped stabilize grain prices in their usual level," he noted.
For his part, Baitas said that the government has engaged in dialogue with transport professionals as part of its efforts to help improve the purchasing power of citizens.
In this regard, he said that the government is working to establish a platform dedicated to transport professionals to enable this category to receive direct support and thus cope with the impact of fluctuations in fuel prices at the international level, stressing that the government aims, through this initiative, to keep price levels reasonable and support the purchasing power of citizens.
