Karbala University, in cooperation with the local government in the province, organized a conference on the general population census to discuss the requirements for the success of this project.
The conference, organized by the Faculty of Management and Economics, was attended by University President Dr. Sabah Wajid Ali, Karbala Governor Engineer Nasif Al-Khattabi and his deputy Ali Al-Mayali, Council Chairman Dr. Qasim Al-Yasari and his deputy Mahfouz Al-Tamimi, council members, and heads and directors of departments in the province.
The President of the University, Prof. Dr. Sabah Wajid Ali, stated that “the university plays an important role in order to make this important event a success and achieve realistic results used to develop serious planning that meets the aspirations of citizens in various sectors, adding that the census represents a real and serious initiative to develop the reality of the country and contributes to achieving development by knowing the rates of unemployment, illiteracy and other data that affect development plans and economic and social development, as well as achieving better distribution of government funds.”
For his part, the Governor of Karbala, Engineer Nassif Jassim Al-Khatabi, said that “the population census represents an important step towards achieving optimal planning for the province in various sectors and achieving the welfare of citizens, adding that the province is working seriously to complete all the requirements of this project to ensure the rights of Karbala and its residents, and to work according to clear visions in future planning, noting that the census is an important entitlement that has been missing for decades.”
For his part, the head of the provincial council, Dr. Qassim al-Yassari, explained that “the province seeks to obtain all constitutional rights and self-determination for the people of Karbala and ensure the fair distribution of public funds.”
All Iraqi provinces are mobilizing their efforts to prepare for the census in the next few days, more than twenty years after the last census.
