On instruction of The President of the High Council of the State:

20% reduction in the price of butane gas, 2 billion 800 million ouguiyas will be invested in social projects.

The Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Mr. Dy Ould Zein, announced on Sunday, a 20% reduction in the price of butane gas, throughout the national territory. This decision was taken following a visit on Sunday by the President of the High Council of the State, Head of the State, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, to the Mauritanian Society of Gas (SOMAGAZ).

The minister said Sunday a Nouakchott, during a press briefing that the decrease is part of the application instructions of the Office of the President to support the purchasing power of citizens and improve the living conditions of people.

"Because of the lower gas prices on the world market, a joint decree of the Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Commerce, Handicrafts and Tourism, enforceable from its publication throughout the national territory on lower prices of butane gas was signed. " Dy Mr. Ould Zeine said that reducing the price of gas is a way of example as follows: "The bottle of 12 kg has sold a 2500 UM Nouakchott by the distributor will decline to 500 UM and will now be sold Because of a 2000 UM.

The minister stressed that control; price established at the department allowed to apply timely instructions of the Head of State who invite us to take into account the interests of citizens and those of investors, as an element of the circuit.

Mr. Ould Zeine Dy reiterated that the decision, which comes after prices fell during the month of Ramadan, the reduction of fuel prices at the pump, the distribution of plots of land at neighborhoods, hospital equipment Nouakchott and Kiffa, came to demonstrate that the citizen is now at the heart of national policies. •

The minister said that this measure will generate real benefits 2 billion 800 million ouguiyas also to be invested in projects of profitability for the citizen. . '

The briefing was attended by Minister of Commerce, Handicrafts and Tourism, Secretary, Ministry of Oil and Industry and other officials of this department.