Almotamar.net - The Yemen's ministry of public works decided Saturday to undertake paving streets with asphalt through its establishments to avoid repeating what it described as contractors manipulation and mistakes. It decided that contractors role will be confined to cutting and slabbing streets. At the same time the ministry changed 13 directors general and administration directors in the ministry and its institutions.
An official source at the ministry told almotamar.net that a ministry decree has been issued recently stipulating the effecting of central units for works in all governorates of Yemen.
The source indicated that each of the central units are composed of three engineers entertaining high experiences to supervise directly the projects in governorates in return for each employee in the unit is paid YR 250 thousand wages and prevents contractors implementing projects the paying of any sums.
The source also mentioned about efforts by the minister of public works to confirm what the law stipulates of transferring 3% of each project to the ministry's account as supervision allowance and the ministry of finance undertakes deduction of the sum and transfers it to the ministry's account.
The source affirmed that the changes made by the ministry confirms the ministry's serious seeking of administrative and financial reform and improving income level of the ministry's employees income. He said it has been adopted the linking of incentives and rewards criteria to the level of performance and discipline in work of employees.