WAS - Sakaka:

His Royal Highness Prince Faisal bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Al-Jouf Region, met at his palace in Sakaka with a number of citizens, scholars, tribal sheikhs, and several civil officials and military leaders, during his weekly citizens' session, which was dedicated to reviewing the work of the Al-Jouf Region Municipality and its development projects and future plans.

His Highness and attendees reviewed a presentation by the Secretary of Al-Jouf Region, Engineer Atef bin Mohammed Al-Shar'an, which highlighted the municipality's efforts in supporting the goals of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 through its current and future development projects, including road projects, rainwater and flood drainage, parks and public facilities, land grant plans, housing, and investment, in addition to performance indicators in municipal services, digital transformation, public health, cleanliness, afforestation, and achievements in improving the urban landscape and raising service efficiency.

The presentation covered the municipality's efforts in developing the investment environment and adopting smart solutions in managing municipal services, contributing to raising performance efficiency, improving beneficiary experience, and supporting economic development. It also reviewed housing and residential land indicators, and infrastructure projects currently being implemented in the region's cities and governorates.

His Highness and the attendees watched a visual presentation showcasing the municipality's most prominent achievements and qualitative initiatives, foremost among them the 'Al-Jouf Green Oasis' initiative, which exceeded its target by planting more than one million trees, and the smart monitoring and control initiative for rainwater and flood drainage networks, which helped reduce response time to rainy conditions from two and a half days to half a day, in addition to the major development projects implemented in various cities and governorates of the region.

His Highness the Governor of Al-Jouf Region affirmed that the support and attention given to the municipal sector by the wise leadership – may God support them – reflects their keenness to develop infrastructure, raise the level of services, and improve the quality of life in all regions of the Kingdom. He stressed the importance of accelerating the implementation of development projects, enhancing community partnership, and raising performance efficiency to meet the aspirations of citizens and residents, and to support the development march witnessed in the region.