Yesterday, Friday, was held a ceremony in Teir Harfa (Province of Tyr) in order to inaugurate an artificial pond. The imitative was financed by Imperial Tobacco and sponsored by the President and General Manager of the Regie Mr. Nassif Seklaoui.
The ceremony was attended by Mr. Nasser Bakkar and Fouad Al Imad from Imperial Tobacco Group, as well as the Manager of Tobacco Leaf Department at the Regie Mr. Abdel Mawla Al Mawla, Manager of Agriculture and Purchase Department Mr. Jaafar Al Housseini, and the Manager of Anti Smuggling Department Mr. Mohammed Daher, while the Chief of the Italian contingent, Commander General Quarto represented the UNIFIL. As well, the ceremony was attended by some municipal chiefs, such as Mr. Mohammed Obeid from Marwahin, Mr. Talal Youssef from Jeibin, Mr. Wissam Hammoud from Sh’himi, and the vice municipal chief of Naqoura and mayors of nearby villages, as well as representitaves of Amal Mouvement anf Hezbollah.
Moreover, farmers from the village attanded this ceremony.
The Municipal Chief of Teir Harfa, Mr. Yasser Ataya thanked Mr. Seklaoui, as well as Imperial Tobacco, underlining the importance of such project in developing the village and improving its residents’ resources through providing irrigation water.
Then the Regie’s President and General Manager took the floor and spoke about the role of his Administration in supporting and executing developmehe public interest.”
Seklaoui stressed: “our main concern at the Regie, after we have reached high level of financial and administrative achievements, is to follow the plan of sustainable development that we launched last year from President Berri’s office.”
He added: “until the present date we have executed more than 70 projects on different levels in different villages that are engaged in the tobacco farming process. Such projects include water ponds, school bus, tractors, agricultural construction center, supporting the Red Cross, etc…”
Pointing to such projects Seklaoui noted: “we were able to execute some of them in different regions in order to improve municipalities and support farmers to remain in their lands”. “The Regie will relentlessly support tobacco farmers in order to achieve better development. What we are doing is nothing but part of our duty and the core of our obligations toward our Lebanese fellows.”
At the end, Haidar offered Seklaoui a shield in recognition for his efforts. Then Seklaoui and the participants walked in the new road.