Iraq's war against corruption

It was needed. well we can start with reports from 3 days ago:



Governor of northern Iraqi province of Nineveh Nofal Hammadi was removed from office Wednesday by the provincial council.

"Nineveh provincial council made a decision to remove the governor in absentia," a Nineveh councilman Hassan al-Sabawi said.

According to Sabawi, Hammadi was voted out of office over "corruption and damage of public property."

Nineveh's chief city and provincial capital is Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, which was liberated from the Daesh terrorist group in June.

Most of Nineveh province was lost to Daesh in June 2014, during the terrorist group's rapid advance into predominantly Sunni northwestern and central Iraq.

will they do something about healthcare workers stealing the medicines from primary healthcare centres and hospitals that should be given for free to poor citizens?

Thousands of people die every year because their essential medications are denied to them and stolen by workers and managers in the healthcare system.

More than the number who are killed by daesh.

According to Abadi. Iraq has been working with international specialists linked to the UN to track down money lost to corruption both inside and outside iraq. This includes bank accounts, real property, businesses and transactions to or from third parties.

These specialist will help legitimize and enforce any court ruling against corrupt politicians abroad. They are also helping train iraqi specialists and investigators.


The process is ongoing to privatize the electric sector. This will help cut electric spending by at least 40% (just my guess). Eventually all private generators will not be needed. Helps with the sound and CO2 pollution.

^^We have been paying our electric bill, since my family started living in Iraq. From our neighbourhood we're the only ones paying our bills. Which is 40k Iraqi dinars. Which is actually pretty good. We get 24hrs electricity and no power cut offs. I am not sure but I heard people who aren't paying, just stack up their billing.

alshawi1234 said:

Is your family currently with government or private sector? With private they'll end up cutting the service to the residence.

People will eventually stop unnecessary consumption. Too bad there's no proper HVAC and insulation in Iraqi homes, would save hundred$ annually.

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My father's sub-family lives in Baghdad green zone. Father works for the government. His involvement against baath party and his current position qualified him as resident of the Green Zone. As a Green Zone resident, U have seen that most families that live there are being persecuted, I have also seen Sunnis residents being persecuted by Shia militias. So yeah, we pay for the government not private sector.

Actually we have a house that has a HVAC system. I don't know if it was build initially with a HVAC because the house was build in the 80s. Since we don't stay at the house that much, we just installed an AC in the living room and use that one. We have our own big generator, able to power 5+ ACs at a time.

alshawi1234 said:

Is your family currently with government or private sector? With private they'll end up cutting the service to the residence.

People will eventually stop unnecessary consumption. Too bad there's no proper HVAC and insulation in Iraqi homes, would save hundred$ annually.

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Unavoidable electricity bills will focus the mind of the citizens and incentivise passive cooling , insulation and energy efficient cooling lighting etc...

The current system has been idiotic... And sadly Iraqis for the past 14 years have supported the status quo and shouted down anyone who suggested that end users should pay for their power use.

The former governor of #Iraq's Ninawa province, Atheel Al-Nujayfi, has been sentenced to 3 years in prison (in absentia) on charges of corruption + money laundering. His funds are to be seized & he's banned from travelling. This comes after numerous arrest warrants being issued.