RIYADH: Sudan is making efforts to solve the persisting energy crisis, according to Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok.
During an interview with Asharq, he said resolving the energy crisis was his government’s top priority.
“We inherited a deteriorated energy sector that lacked maintenance for long periods of up to 10 years,” he said.
He said the Sudanese authorities are communicating with several companies such as General Motors and Siemens to resolve the country’s energy crisis. The prime minister said several projects have started including solar plants to increase power generation in the country.
On the rising inflation, he said that the government is taking steps to reduce it.
“The reasons that govern inflation are related to the politics of budget financing, which is known as deficit financing, which basically means printing money,” he said.
“We stopped this type of financing, followed by the unification of the exchange rate, and since last February there has been no printing of money, and we stopped deficit financing, and it will contribute mainly to reduce inflation rates,” he said.
