Noaman Nasr Noaman, Chairman of the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), said the authority is about to finish the contracts of providing the country’s needs of necessity rice for 65 million citizens within 48 hours.
Noaman elaborated that the authority’s current contracts are sufficient for the current month. It is expected that the authority will have contracts on the needs of October, November and December, through the bid that the authority has been announced about.
Noaman denied the authority’s responsibility of the shoddy supply rice; saying the authority has contracts of providing the country’s needs of rice according to determined specifications, while the General Organization for Export and Import Control jointly with supply directorates take over the task of supervising the rice freights.
He emphasized that the authority was able to provide the strategic stock of wheat, which are sufficient for ongoing 6 months; referring that storing 3.5 million tons of domestic wheat has helped in managing the country’s needs of wheat.
He mentioned that the strategic stock of sugar is sufficient till next April, while the stock of oil meets the country’s needs for 3 months.
