Contractors are encouraged by the Minister of Finance's announcement that they will soon be paid their dues

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Contractors and owners of companies implementing government projects praised the statements of the Minister of Finance Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf about the payment of dues to contractors implementing government projects, promising that the payment of these dues will increase in the coming period, dispelling the concerns of workers in the contracting sector and creating a positive movement among them.

For his part, Engineer Osama Al-Afaleq, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Contractors Authority, believed in all the programs of the strategic plan for national transformation that will have a great role in advancing the Kingdom's economy and sustaining the welfare of its citizens, and that the private sector will be a supportive partner of the state in this, stressing that the statements of the Minister of Finance He stressed that the statements of the Minister of Finance about the financial dues of contractors, the start of their disbursement and the intention to increase the percentage of payment rates contributed to a kind of reassurance among contractors, although we would have hoped that there would have been some kind of detail of the technical reasons that caused the delay in the disbursement of these dues and what are the mechanisms to accelerate the disbursement so that it is clear to the contractor so that he can arrange his affairs accordingly.

For his part, Engineer Talal Abdullah Samarkandi, Vice Chairman of the Engineering Offices Committee at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce, considered the statement of the Minister of Finance a good omen for the construction sector and related sectors, and said that the engineering offices hope that the financial extracts will be quickly scheduled and re-disbursement, pointing out that the impact of the disbursement of contractors' dues will reflect positively on the engineering offices sector, which has delayed the payment of many of their dues to contractors, indicating the importance of the construction sector and its great impact on various economic aspects in the Kingdom.