Port Sudan: Member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) and Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Jabir, led a significant meeting focused on networking and import and export control committees at ports and airports, held at the General Commercial Registry headquarters in Port Sudan on Wednesday. The gathering saw participation from the Minister of the Council of Ministers and the Minister of Finance.
According to Sudan News Agency, Lt. Gen. Jabir assured Sudanese employers and businessmen involved in import and export that efforts are underway to recover all data and documents concerning company records and institutions in Khartoum, following the destruction of public facilities by the rebel militia. He emphasized the need to expedite networking operations to ease procedures related to commercial activities for both domestic and international companies.
Lt. Gen. Jabir commended the achievements made so far, noting improvements in service provision and the facilitation of obtaining commercial registration, in line with the Ministry of Justice and the Commercial Registrar’s requirements to support commercial activities in Sudan. Engineer Rahba Saeed Abdullah, Director General of the Sudan Standards and Metrology Organization, also acknowledged the General Commercial Registrar’s progress in retrieving records and initiating the networking process. She highlighted that the networking between Standards and Metrology departments is nearly complete and noted the activation of a partnership with the General Intelligence Service to establish the “Baladna” platform.
In a press statement, Dr. Ibrahim Mohamed Direij, General Advisor to the Commercial Registrar, elaborated on the discussions regarding linking the “Baladna” network platform with entities involved in commercial, economic, security, and legal sectors. He outlined the role of the commercial registrar in fostering economic and investment development, the importance of revising the commercial registry, and the process of registering company and business names. The meeting concluded with several recommendations, including enhanced coordination among relevant parties, a review of all registered commercial entities, and a directive for committees to submit their work reports by the end of April.