Minister of Interior holds meeting with governors
MUSCAT: Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal al Busaidy, Minister of Interior, on Sunday, chaired the Interior Ministry's first meeting of the year (2025) with governors.
During the meeting, which took place at the general diwan of the ministry, the Interior Minister stressed the importance of keeping pace with His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik's vision to combine efforts towards the steady growth of governorates.
The meeting also discussed means to assign governors to take steps towards the implementation of the Royal directives on activating Marriage Support Funds in the governorates. The funds are scheduled to operate in accordance with standards to be issued by the Minister of Interior before the end of June 2025.
The meeting looked into a variety of other topics of common nature, including means of implementing the recommendations of municipal councils. — ONA
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