The Director General of La Régie Libanaise des Tabacs & Tombacs (Regie) Engineer Nassif Seklaoui honored at the headquarters of Regie in Hadath region, athlete Mahmoud Ghandour who won the “Tyr professional Muay Thai championship 2017” and the “Arab Championship for Muay Tai 2017”.
Eng. Seklaoui received Ghandour at his office in the presence of Tyr municipal member Ms. Randa Abou Saleh, the President of the Sports Committee Mr. Rafic Sbeity, Production Manager Eng. Salah Zeidan, Agricultural Manager Engineer Jaafar El-Husseini, Head of the Local Production Department Engineer Paul Ghanimeh, and Head of Public Relations Department Ms. Nahla Slim.
During the event, Eng. Seklaoui awarded the young athlete the Shield of Regie, while Sbeity gave him the t-shirt of the Sports Committee.
In turn, Ghandour gave the trophy of the championship to Eng. Seklaoui.
It is worth noting that Ghandour is a 3rd year student majoring in Business Administration at the American University of Science and Technology (AUST).
tobacco plant is a great asset for farmers in South Lebanon and is a distinctive economic pillar that should be always supported and preserved in light of the crisis the country is witnessing.”
*Al-Nabatiyeh*
At Nabatiyeh, Regie commenced this morning receiving the tobacco harvest of farmers from South Lebanon at 10 centers including one at Nabatiyeh where 2 committees handled the harvest of Yohmor Al-Shqeef and Kfartebnit.
Meanwhile, the head of the Confederation of Unions of Tobacco and Tambac Workers in Lebanon Hassan Faqih followed up on the process and mentioned that the purchase of the harvest started in coordination with Regie and the Union of Tobacco farmers as agreed and in a very positive spirit and noted that a 50% increase on the price was added to compensate for the farmers the losses they endured due to the collapse of the national currency and the rise in the prices of pesticides and fertilizers.
“Everything is under control and all sides are fully cooperating.”
He also mentioned that planting tobacco is very difficult but is also the only source of livelihood for many farmers especially amidst economic crisis.
“From this point, we would like to salute the farmers and the management of Regie, and we would like to reassure that farmers and the purchasing committees that we stand by their side and hope that they finish this process swiftly and in accordance with the prices set last year – 10 to 12 thousand LBP – with an additional 50% to recompensate for the losses that the farmers had witnessed due to the collapse in the national currency.”
Faqih also saluted House Speaker Nabih Berri and said: “He is the main supporter of tobacco farmers and he established a national day for tobacco farmers.”