Makary: Cabinet Special Session On August 17 To Discuss Upcoming Academic Year Challenges

Reading out today’s Cabinet session’s decisions, Caretaker Information Minister, Ziad Makary, announced that Prime Minister Najib Mikati decided to hold a special session of the Council of Ministers on August 17, whose top agenda items focus on addressing the challenges of the next academic year for public schools and the Lebanese University, in addition to another item related to road maintenance and cleaning works.

Minister Makary added that the Cabinet tasked the Minister of Economy with taking all necessary measures to purchase the amount of wheat according to an agreed-upon mechanism with the World Bank.

In turn, Caretaker Minister of Tele-Communications, Johnny Qorm, announced, after the Cabinet session, a sevenfold increase in the tariffs for fixed line communications and the Internet provided by Ogero.

NNA