Ibb .. The Cleaning Fund is a focus of corruption: employees without salaries, destroyed streets, and double fees
English - Tuesday 02 February 2021 الساعة 10:52 am
Ibb, NewsYemen, Exclusive:
Ibb, which is under the control of the Houthi militia, is characterized by the fact that it is experiencing a financial boom and huge revenues, but this does not lead to anything.
For example, the city suffers from traffic congestion, garbage accumulation, destroyed streets, and a widespread and frightening proliferation of oil derivatives merchants on the black market, which constitutes a time bomb.
Reports indicate that the allocations that are deducted from some of the revenue agencies and supplied to the account of the Cleaning Fund are large, including taxes for fees for "advertising" boards.
Ibrahim Ashqin, an activist, mentioned that the cleaning box is one of the hotbeds around which a group of corrupt people revolve around, or it is the black box that contains part of the secrets of looting.
Painting fees come to form a large part of this corruption .. For example, the fees for installing an ordinary panel in the storefront cost 1300 riyals per square meter, for a double panel the fee per meter costs 2000 riyals.
As for the panels that are installed in the sidewalk, which belong to private and giant companies, the price per square meter reaches 11,000 riyals
As for the price of a canvas, it costs 5,000 riyals, whether small or large, and these fees are in total paid annually. This is part of the corruption and looting that takes place through the Cleaning Fund.
Reports confirm the existence of more than 22 offices and commercial companies, all of which have giant panels, in addition to the companies that pay approximately 22 million riyals annually for these ads, such as MAS, Thabet Brothers, and Hayel Saeed Anam companies.
Where does this revenue go?
Citizens and interested people are asking: Where does this revenue go and who benefits from it, and is it fully supplied to the state?
They are legitimate questions in light of the laxity that is happening and their reflection on the reality of the city.
There are other destinations other than those mentioned, such as hotels, hospitals, private schools and universities, exchange houses, banks and restaurants
Askin confirms, on his Facebook page, that a 50% increase has recently been raised in fees for every facility, whether small or large, meaning that whoever pays official cleaning fees from shop owners 5 thousand riyals will pay 10 thousand riyals.
This comes at a time when the governorate lacks the most basic elements, such as enough cars to raise waste, non-payment of salaries for employees who suffer continuously, and clear negligence in rehabilitating streets that have been out of service.
