A parliamentary report reveals big losses within the quarry sector in Morocco

Agadir24

A report ready by the Parliamentary Exploratory Committee on Sand and Marble Quarries shook the foundations of the quarrying sector in Morocco, revealing scary practices that threaten a nationwide wealth and trigger big losses to the state treasury.

The report revealed the continued phenomenon of rent-seeking within the quarry sector, as some folks supply bribes to officers to acquire licenses to use this nationwide wealth, to not point out the widespread looting and theft to which supplies extracted from licensed quarries are uncovered, with none deterrent or punishment.

These terrifying practices trigger big monetary losses to the state treasury estimated at about 900 million dirhams yearly, which represents an enormous waste of nationwide sources and hinders the achievement of sustainable improvement.

The report confirmed the presence of many violations associated to the administration of the quarry sector, together with the gradual completion of decrees, as many decrees associated to regional plans for the administration of quarries are nonetheless below implementation, which hinders the activation of oversight mechanisms and efficient administration of the sector.

The report additionally included non-compliance with the requirements specified for getting ready quarries, failure to declare the true portions of extracted supplies, breach of obligations to guard the surroundings and rehabilitate websites, and failure to respect the situations for the strategy of exploiting quarries.

These violations are a harmful indicator of widespread corruption and mismanagement within the quarrying sector, which requires taking strict measures to cease these practices and guarantee optimum exploitation of this nationwide wealth.

In mild of those worrying information, the parliamentary committee recommends taking pressing steps, together with accelerating the completion of decrees associated to regional plans for managing quarries, activating management mechanisms over the quarry sector, holding accountable these concerned in looting, theft and violations of quarry administration, and reviewing the quarry exploitation system to make sure optimum exploitation of this nationwide useful resource.