Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan in Berlin

Inspecting the Chemical Industries Company in Bahri, Jabir Hails Private Sector's Work Resumption

Member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Jabir, accompanied by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim, and the Wali (governor) of Khartoum State, Ahmed Osman Hamza, inspected Wednesday the resumption of work at the Sudanese Chemical Industries Company plant in the Khartoum Bahri Industrial Zone.
The Member praised the keenness and interest of private sector companies in resuming production in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector, considering it a vital and important sector that reduces import bills and provides job opportunities and sources of income for many families. He affirmed the government's readiness to provide all necessary facilities to increase production and revive the country's industrial and commercial sectors.
For his part, the Undersecretary of the Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim, listed the achievements of his ministry in preparing and resuming a number of hospitals and health centers in various cities of the capital, Khartoum, in addition to the areas of public health, environmental health, and vector curbing.
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health explained that the Sudanese Chemical Industries Company's Factory has begun production lines for a number of essential medicines, expecting many more factories to resume work in the coming period. He called on private hospital owners and other sectors to fully resume work until the overall environment is ready for citizens to return to the national capital.
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health revealed that meetings of the Health Facilities Rehabilitation Committee would be held, and that an environmental sanitation and vector control campaign would begin next Saturday, under the auspices of Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Jabir, with support from the Ministry of Finance and partners. For his part, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sudanese Chemical Industries Company, Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Latif Al-Hamidi, expressed his happiness with the visit of TSC Member, Lt. Gen. Jabir, to the factory and to assess its performance. He explained that they are the first pharmaceutical factory to resume operations after the war, considering the visit a strong morale boost following the extensive devastation the company suffered due to the rebel militia. He urged other pharmaceutical companies to defy the odds, return to contributing to the reconstruction effort, and work to reduce the medicine import bill, which is costing the state huge sums of Foreign currencies needed by other sectors.
Meanwhile, Secretary-General of the National Medicines and Poisons Board (NMPB), Dr. Ali Babiker, explained that TSC Member's visit represented a strong impetus for the resumption of production and confirmed the state's commitment to supporting national factories. He pointed out that the chemical industries factory was one of the oldest in the country, located in the Bahri area, which houses 50% of the factories. He added that these factories contribute 35% of the total pharmaceutical supply, expecting 50% of the factories to resume operations and production by the end of 2025.