Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has paid tribute to the tasks and accomplishments of the National Alliance for Civil Developmental Action, highlighting in this connection the importance of the role of all charitable associations and entities operating in fields where the government cannot solely fulfill.
In remarks he made on Monday during an alliance event to acknowledge model beneficiaries of the Economic Empowerment Initiative, President Sisi hailed the grouping’s activities for having been large and well-coordinated, thereby achieving great results.
“We want the rest of the entities to join the coalition in order to provide greater assistance to society at the economic, health and other levels,” Sisi said, noting that the effort of the National Alliance for Civil Developmental Action is clear in this context.
The president expressed thanks to the alliance, saying, “You are a role model for a large number of Egyptians who work within the framework of the Economic Empowerment Initiative.”
Highlighting the contribution of civil society associations to the achievement of development, President Sisi said that such entities undertake a role that the government cannot solely fulfill, noting in this regard that there are about 50,000 such associations operating nationwide, with many of them functioning under the umbrella of the coalition.
President Sisi also called on the coalition and all civil society entities to intensify their efforts in 2023 due to the ongoing global economic circumstances, pointing out that the coalition made great efforts during 2022.
The need for intensifying such efforts through 2023, the president explained, comes in light of the continuing global economic hardships the repercussions of which may extend through the current year. Facing the implications of this situation, the president added, demands the redoubling efforts.
The president called for larger accession of more charitable action entities to the National Alliance for Civil Developmental Action, adding that would help achieve tremendous results within the framework of the alliance’s combined, mobilised and well-coordinated role at the economic, health or other levels where it operates.
Commenting on the alliance’s announcement of the appropriation of 14 billion Egyptian pounds for charitable action fields, President Sisi called on the Long Live Egypt Fund to contribute to increasing this amount and urged the government to make more efforts in this direction.
President Sisi also said that the circumstances that Egypt and the world have come to face are very difficult but that the data, figures and solutions are presented by the state, adding that any other suggestions are not disliked or rejected but without causing confusion or disturbing people more than the conditions facing Egypt and the world.
The whole world, the president said, is witnessing difficult circumstances, referring to the two-year-long coronavirus pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, pointing out that Egypt, like the rest of the world, pays a price for such crises.
The president then urged the alliance to devote special attention to promoting its activities in the agricultural sector including through the forwarding of initiatives that gain societal support.
Lauding the models of farmer efforts that were presented at the event, President Sisi called for increased training of farmers on modern agricultural techniques since this would contribute to boosting crop productivity, saving irrigation water and fertiliser consumption. The state, President Sisi added, stands willing for greater co-operation with farmers in this direction.
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