Some criticized what the ministry announced last week regarding the opening of hundreds of mosques, on the grounds that it is better to spend those funds on education and health services instead of the mosques that fill the country, according to their description..
For his part, a spokesman for the Egyptian Ministry of Endowments said that the ministry “spent one billion and 782 million pounds on land and community service.”“.
He refuted these expenditures by saying that “175 million pounds were spent on the account of the Educational Buildings Authority of the Ministry of Education and Technical Education to build schools, and for the account of the Charitable Investment Fund to support education, and the implementation of 8 new schools was completed through the amounts allocated for this from the self-resources of the Ministry of Awqaf in four governorates, in When work is being done in 5 other schools in 3 governorates“.
He added that “100 million pounds were spent on providing decent housing for the needy through a cooperation protocol with the Ministry of Social Solidarity, and 50 million pounds were disbursed to help irregular workers through the account designated for that, and 60 million pounds within the Gaza Reconstruction Initiative.”.”
And the endowment spokesman added that, “with funding from the ministry, 140,000 national ID cards were issued for the breadwinner and the carer in cooperation with the National Council for Women, and 30 million pounds were spent as a contribution to furnishing 1,000 apartments for families with the most care with the knowledge of the Ministry of Social Solidarity, and 20 million pounds for the “Nour Hayat” initiative. ) for vision, and 20 million pounds for the charitable investment fund for people with disabilities“.
Hassan said that “33 million pounds were spent on building 100 homes in Halayeb in the Red Sea, in cooperation with the Ministry of Housing, 17 million pounds in upgrading the efficiency of 270 homes in Bir al-Abed in North Sinai, and 25 million pounds in obtaining a safety certificate for female breadwinners, in cooperation with the Council.” Women’s National.”
He also pointed out that the Ministry of Awqaf “disbursed 443 million pounds in cash and in-kind subsidies and a good loan without interest or administrative expenses for the needy, in addition to 366 million pounds as the proceeds of the Endowment Sacrifice Sukuk project, where 4,000 tons of sacrificial meat were distributed to the most cared families and the real beneficiaries.“.
And the endowment spokesman concluded that “more than 180 million pounds have been spent with the knowledge of the boards of directors and land committees in major mosques at the level of the Republic, and under the supervision of the Ministry.”“.
It is noteworthy that the Egyptian Ministry of Endowments announced last week that it “opened in one year more than 1,700 mosques, of which more than 1,500 mosques were completely built new or replaced and renovated,” and said in a statement, “It is an unprecedented number and achievement in the history of mosque architecture, and we do not know any country in The world, ancient or modern, built this number of mosques in one year, according to her description.
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