Benghazi – The Libyan government has allocated 100 million dinars to address bottlenecks and provide essential public services in municipalities across the southern region. The funding comes under a cabinet decision that sets up a crisis committee to assess needs and prioritize interventions.
Cabinet Decision No. 237 of 2026 creates a crisis committee for the south, headed by Deputy Prime Minister for the Southern Region Dr. Ahmed Houma. The committee includes ministers and representatives from key sectors and government agencies. Members represent local government, education, electricity and renewable energy, water resources, health, the General Command, the Audit Bureau, the Administrative Control Authority, and the ministries of planning and finance.
Each municipality in the south will also form a local subcommittee, chaired by the mayor and joined by representatives of area services and sectors. These subcommittees will identify needs and challenges facing their municipality, and organize them by urgency and priority.
The collected needs will be sent to the Minister of Local Government, who forwards them to the secretary of the main crisis committee for review and decision.
The decision authorizes the Ministry of Planning and Finance to allocate and release the 100 million dinars from miscellaneous budget items for approved projects and needs. It stresses that individual allocations must not be exceeded.
A financial controller will be appointed for the committee, and a special bank account will be opened. The committee’s mandate will end with the close of the current fiscal year, 2026, at which point the account will be closed and a final report submitted.