Gov’t premises to be relocated to new administrative capital in 18 months

Chairperson of the New Administrative Capital for Urban Development Ahmad Zaki Abdeen said that the government premises, including the presidency, the council of cabinet ministers and the House of Representatives and other governmental facilities, will be relocated to the New Administrative Capital within 18 months.

Speaking at the International Branch Campus (IBC) Experts Forum hosted by the American University in Cairo (AUC) on Thursday, Abdeen said that the Planning Ministry is in charge of determining the government facilities to be transferred to the government district in the New Administrative Capital.

The government district will include 36 government buildings, he noted.

Fresh graduates having certain postgraduate degrees and qualified to deal with the new system applied in the New Administrative Capital will be employed, Abdeen said. (MENA)